Condoleezza Rice to visit HP, Menlo Park school Thursday

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Source: San Jose Mercury News

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday will visit Hewlett-Packard in Palo Alto and James Flood School in Menlo Park as part of a two-day trip to California during which she will host the Australian minister for foreign affairs, Alexander Downer.

The Silicon Valley stop will include a visit to HP Labs and to the Center for a New Generation, which is based at the Flood school and offers after-school and summer programs for children in the Ravenswood City School District. Rice, a former Stanford University provost, and her late father founded the center 16 years ago.

... Before heading north, Rice and Downer will make stops at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library in Simi Valley and the Marine Corps base at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. Australian government leaders have been some of the Bush administration's staunchest allies in Iraq.

Read more: http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_5949380

[Botany]

1. oh boy a 3 day heads up

Bet ya the locals will turn out to welcome Ms. Rice

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2. what?!? no visit to Chevron?

(her true Alma Mater)

[EFerrari]

3. Bay Area: Time to Get Out the Garlic.

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4. Californians need to give Dr. Rice all the Free Speech she can handle