If she is confirmed by the Senate, which seems all but certain, Ms. Rice would be the second woman to be secretary of state (Madeleine K. Albright was the first) and the first black woman to hold the post.
"Under your leadership," Ms. Rice told Mr. Bush, "America is fighting and winning the war on terrorism." She applauded the American-led campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq as helping to plant the seeds of "democracies in the heart of the Muslim world."
"Under your leadership," Ms. Rice told Mr. Bush, "America is fighting and winning the war on terrorism." She applauded the American-led campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq as helping to plant the seeds of "democracies in the heart of the Muslim world."