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Fighting back: Facing tough criticism from Richard Clarke, Condoleezza Rice went on a PR offensive, talking to everyone, it seemed, except 9/11 commissioners in public, under oath
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Fighting back: Facing tough criticism from Richard Clarke, Condoleezza Rice went on a PR offensive, talking to everyone, it seemed, except 9/11 commissioners in public, under oath
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White House Trying to Explain Rice Policy

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He seized the moral high ground shortly after raising his right hand. Clarke apologized to the families who lost loved ones on 9/11. "Those entrusted with protecting you," he gravely intoned, "failed you." After the muffled sobs in the audience died down, the Bush administration, which has not apologized to anyone, was left to make awkward excuses. "The key here is to remember who is responsible," Rice told NEWSWEEK, firmly, but also a little stiffly, as she sat in her corner office in the West Wing at the end of a long week. "Al Qaeda is responsible."

Rice is also having a moment of fame and clearly not enjoying it. She has been speaking to reporters and TV anchors, just about anyone, it seems, except for the 9/11 commissioners publicly and under oath. The Bush administration has been trying to uphold a hoary precedent that White House staffers can't be hauled before Congress to reveal their whisperings into the president's ear. But the textbook separation-of-powers argument has looked like a dodge, given the emotion of the moment. The administration's high-mindedness has been further undercut by a relentless trashing of Clarke, which culminated with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's taking the floor to denounce his "theatrical apology" as an "act of supreme arrogance and manipulation." Frist accused Clarke of trying to sell books ("Against All Enemies" shot to the top of best-seller lists) by grandstanding and even lying.


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