Rice Leaves Door Ajar for Vice Presidential Chance [View All]

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Source: Reuters

Rice leaves door ajar for vice presidential chance
Tue Apr 8, 12:20 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left slightly open the chance on Tuesday that she might be interested in running as vice president on Republican White House contender John McCain's ticket.

Pressed by a reporter, Rice declined to make a strong, direct rejection that she would never be interested in the second spot on the Republican ticket that is almost certain to be led by McCain as the presidential candidate.

Rice chose instead to lavish praise on the Arizona senator, adding that at the end of the Bush administration in January 2009 she planned to go to her home in California where she had served as provost at Stanford University.

"Senator McCain is an extraordinary American, a really outstanding leader and obviously a great patriot," Rice said at a news conference with the foreign ministers of Mexico and Canada at her side.

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