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BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State News
BREAKING NEWS ~ Bush picks Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State
Amit Patel
November 15, 2004 07:17:00 pm

[JURIST] President Bush has asked national security adviser Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as Secretary of State. Current deputy national security advisor Stephen Hadley will become the President's new national security adviser. NBC has more.

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Shoe-bomber sentenced to life in prison

On January 30, 2003, British-born Richard Reid was sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for attempting to destroy an American passenger plane using a bomb hidden in his shoe. Reid attempted to ignite an explosive device hidden in his shoe on a flight leaving Miami International Airport bound for Paris on December 21, 2001. Before he could light the fuse, Reid was restrained by passengers and crew on board.

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