Does anyone know if the Boxer/Rice transcript is avaiable yet?

[AlCzervik]

I looked on cspan and i couldn't find it and cnn only has part one which was mostly ass kissing.

[seemslikeadream]

1. I believe that hearing transcripts are not availible for 3 months

might have changed but when I tried to get Haiti transcripts that's what I was told.

[umtalal]

2. Here is Senator Boxer Opening Statement.

Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
Confirmation Hearing of Dr. Condoleezza Rice


I'd like to begin by welcoming Dr. Rice to this committee hearing.


It is my hope that today, we will have a candid discussion, Dr. Rice,
because I believe it is crucial that a Secretary of State speak
openly and honestly with the American people and with Congress.
Frankly, this issue of candor is where my concern lies.


Since 9/11, we have been engaged in a just fight against terrorism. I
voted to use force against Osama bin Laden and the terrorists in
Afghanistan, and I assumed that we would focus on that challenge, not
stopping until we got bin Laden, dead or alive, and broke the back of
al Qaeda.


However, instead, with you in a lead role Dr. Rice, we went into
Iraq. I want to read you one paragraph that best expresses my views,
and the views of millions of Californians, on the impact of the Iraqi
war on the war against terrorism. It was written by one of the
world's experts on terrorism and foreign policy, Peter Bergen, five
months ago. He wrote:


"What we have done in Iraq is what bin Laden could not have hoped for
in his wildest dreams: We invaded an oil-rich Muslim nation in the
heart of the Middle East, the very type of imperial adventure that
bin Laden has long predicted was the United States' long-term goal in
the region. We deposed the secular socialist Saddam, whom bin Laden
has long despised, ignited Sunni and Shia fundamentalist fervor in
Iraq, and have now provoked a "defensive" jihad that has galvanized
jihad-minded Muslims around the world. It's hard to imagine a set of
policies better designed to sabotage the war on terrorism."


This conclusion was reiterated last Thursday by the National
Intelligence Council, the CIA Director's think tank, which released a
report saying that Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training
ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists. NIC
Chairman Robert L. Hutchings said that Iraq is "a magnet for
international terrorist activity."


These quotations are significant to this hearing, Dr. Rice, because
as a major proponent and spokesperson for the war in Iraq, and as
someone who was asked by the President to make the case for this war
to the American people, and as the person in charge of the
reconstruction effort -- you have many questions to answer to the
American people.


This war was sold to the American people -- as Chief of Staff to
President Bush, Andy Card said -- like a "new product." You rolled
out the idea and then you had to convince the people, and as you made
your case, I personally believe that your loyalty to the mission you
were given overwhelmed your respect for the truth.


That was a great disservice to the American people. But worse than
that, our young men and women are dying. So far, 1342 American troops
have been killed in Iraq. More than 25 percent of those troops were
from California. More than 10,000 have been wounded.


I don't want their families to think for a minute that their lives
and bodies were given in vain. Because when your commander in chief
asks you to sacrifice yourself for your country, it is noble to
answer the call. I am giving their families all the support that they
want and need, but I will also not shrink from questioning a war that
was not built on the truth.


Perhaps the most well known statement you have made was the one about
Saddam Hussein launching a nuclear weapon on America, with the image
of a "mushroom cloud." That image had to frighten every American into
believing that Saddam Hussein was on the verge of annihilating them
if he was not stopped.


I will be placing into the record a number of other such statements
which have not been consistent with the facts nor the truth.


As the nominee for Secretary of State, you now must answer to the
American people through the confirmation process.


I continue to stand in awe of our founders, who understood that
ultimately, those of us in the highest positions of our government,
must be accountable to the people we serve.

[ProfessorPlum]

4. awesome thank you n/t

.

[uppityperson]

5. Wow, very good. Thank you

I wasn't able to listen, thank you for writing this out for us.

[umtalal]

3. Delete Please. Double Post.

Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
Confirmation Hearing of Dr. Condoleezza Rice


I'd like to begin by welcoming Dr. Rice to this committee hearing.


It is my hope that today, we will have a candid discussion, Dr. Rice,
because I believe it is crucial that a Secretary of State speak
openly and honestly with the American people and with Congress.
Frankly, this issue of candor is where my concern lies.


Since 9/11, we have been engaged in a just fight against terrorism. I
voted to use force against Osama bin Laden and the terrorists in
Afghanistan, and I assumed that we would focus on that challenge, not
stopping until we got bin Laden, dead or alive, and broke the back of
al Qaeda.


However, instead, with you in a lead role Dr. Rice, we went into
Iraq. I want to read you one paragraph that best expresses my views,
and the views of millions of Californians, on the impact of the Iraqi
war on the war against terrorism. It was written by one of the
world's experts on terrorism and foreign policy, Peter Bergen, five
months ago. He wrote:


"What we have done in Iraq is what bin Laden could not have hoped for
in his wildest dreams: We invaded an oil-rich Muslim nation in the
heart of the Middle East, the very type of imperial adventure that
bin Laden has long predicted was the United States' long-term goal in
the region. We deposed the secular socialist Saddam, whom bin Laden
has long despised, ignited Sunni and Shia fundamentalist fervor in
Iraq, and have now provoked a "defensive" jihad that has galvanized
jihad-minded Muslims around the world. It's hard to imagine a set of
policies better designed to sabotage the war on terrorism."


This conclusion was reiterated last Thursday by the National
Intelligence Council, the CIA Director's think tank, which released a
report saying that Iraq has replaced Afghanistan as the training
ground for the next generation of "professionalized" terrorists. NIC
Chairman Robert L. Hutchings said that Iraq is "a magnet for
international terrorist activity."


These quotations are significant to this hearing, Dr. Rice, because
as a major proponent and spokesperson for the war in Iraq, and as
someone who was asked by the President to make the case for this war
to the American people, and as the person in charge of the
reconstruction effort -- you have many questions to answer to the
American people.


This war was sold to the American people -- as Chief of Staff to
President Bush, Andy Card said -- like a "new product." You rolled
out the idea and then you had to convince the people, and as you made
your case, I personally believe that your loyalty to the mission you
were given overwhelmed your respect for the truth.


That was a great disservice to the American people. But worse than
that, our young men and women are dying. So far, 1342 American troops
have been killed in Iraq. More than 25 percent of those troops were
from California. More than 10,000 have been wounded.


I don't want their families to think for a minute that their lives
and bodies were given in vain. Because when your commander in chief
asks you to sacrifice yourself for your country, it is noble to
answer the call. I am giving their families all the support that they
want and need, but I will also not shrink from questioning a war that
was not built on the truth.


Perhaps the most well known statement you have made was the one about
Saddam Hussein launching a nuclear weapon on America, with the image
of a "mushroom cloud." That image had to frighten every American into
believing that Saddam Hussein was on the verge of annihilating them
if he was not stopped.


I will be placing into the record a number of other such statements
which have not been consistent with the facts nor the truth.


As the nominee for Secretary of State, you now must answer to the
American people through the confirmation process.


I continue to stand in awe of our founders, who understood that
ultimately, those of us in the highest positions of our government,
must be accountable to the people we serve.

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6. Vid Clips of Boxer/Rice

Look under *Rice Hearing* midway down page

Vid Clips

[Cocoa]

7. transcript available at LA Times

The whole thing is there, here's just one funny part.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-011805boxertext_wr,0,1996463,print.story?coll=la-home-headlines


<snip>

Senator, I have to say that I have never, ever lost respect for the truth in the service of anything. It is not my nature. It is not my character. And I would hope that we can have this conversation and discuss what happened before and what went on before and what I said without impugning my credibility or my integrity.

[AlCzervik]

8. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!