Rice to stay on as Secretary of State
November 12th, 2008
Current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that she would remain at her job as Secretary of State for the Rudy Giuliani Administration. During a Press Conference alongside President-Elect Rudy Giuliani, Rice said that "I was the President-Elect's first option for the job. We need a sense of continuation as the world enters a new stage in its history." While there were rumors that John McCain would be named Secretary of State, Giuliani announced late last night that current Secretary of State Rice would be his Secretary of State. Despite the fact that Giuliani tried to run on a platform of not being another Bush, he is gaining much criticism from his Democratic opponents, who claim that keeping Rice on as Secretary of State is just another sign that the Giuliani Administration would be another Bush Administration. President-Elect Rudy Giuliani said that "The last thing we need now is a major deviation from our foreign policy. We need to change some things, but we can't simply completely change our foreign policy. That is why I am choosing Rice." Rice is the first Administration official to be named by Giuliani to be on the Cabinet. So far, according to most polls, many people agree with Giuliani's decision to keep Condoleezza Rice as the Secretary of State, with 58% of Americans supporting the move by Giuliani. Little opposition from Congress is expected to this decision in the coming months.
November 12th, 2008
Current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that she would remain at her job as Secretary of State for the Rudy Giuliani Administration. During a Press Conference alongside President-Elect Rudy Giuliani, Rice said that "I was the President-Elect's first option for the job. We need a sense of continuation as the world enters a new stage in its history." While there were rumors that John McCain would be named Secretary of State, Giuliani announced late last night that current Secretary of State Rice would be his Secretary of State. Despite the fact that Giuliani tried to run on a platform of not being another Bush, he is gaining much criticism from his Democratic opponents, who claim that keeping Rice on as Secretary of State is just another sign that the Giuliani Administration would be another Bush Administration. President-Elect Rudy Giuliani said that "The last thing we need now is a major deviation from our foreign policy. We need to change some things, but we can't simply completely change our foreign policy. That is why I am choosing Rice." Rice is the first Administration official to be named by Giuliani to be on the Cabinet. So far, according to most polls, many people agree with Giuliani's decision to keep Condoleezza Rice as the Secretary of State, with 58% of Americans supporting the move by Giuliani. Little opposition from Congress is expected to this decision in the coming months.