History will rehab Bush administration: (Condi) Rice

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Source: Calgary Sun

Dogged recently by war crimes allegations, former U.S. Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice was given a warm Calgary reception tonight.

Rice hinted the record of the Bush administration she served would some day be seen in a better light.

“Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are rarely the same,” she told about 1,100 guests at a $500 a plate launch of the University of Calgary’s public policy school.

Rice spoke of the “tough” challenges she faced as America’s top diplomat but didn’t touch on the controversy surrounding her role in what U.S. President Barack Obama has called the torture of detainees at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.

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Outside the Hyatt before the speech, police closely watched about 20 protestors who demanded they arrest Rice for war crimes they say she sanctioned.

“Earn your keep — arrest her now,” one of them yelled.

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