Rice, UK's Straw to do diplomatic duet in US South

[Rose Siding]

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will host Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in the United States for a three-day, stage-managed tour with political overtones.

Rice announced next week's trip as she flew into London on Saturday for heavyweight talks with Straw on bolstering international support for their hard line against Iran's nuclear ambitions.

Jim Wilkinson, her image guru, outlined a program of U.S. events, including the two taking center-stage for the opening coin toss at an American football game, indicating the unusual tour was more photo opportunity than foreign policy.

Their time together in Alabama, the place Rice grew up in the racially divided South, will include serious speeches on civil rights and minorities, Wilkinson said, noting Straw's parliamentary constituency had a large Muslim population.

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=9934577&src=rss/ElectionCoverage

[melody]

1. Oh. My. God

So they think they can snow the local "minority" population together?

Sweet Jesus.

[billybob537]

2. Thats funny

She's half of the 2% that still think SFB is doing a good job

[leesa]

3. The Great War Criminal's Prevue

[Charlie Brown]

4. Will Straw get to meet Roy Moore?

I'm sure the two of them would have a lively conversation about minorities and Islam.

[xxqqqzme]

5. I guess we should be pleased

As long as the criminals R running around the country trying to fix their images, they R ignoring the country. At this point benign neglect is probably better than their fascist fists.

[flordehinojos]

6. isn't jack straw the ex-member of parliament who has severely criticized

the bush administration?