Rice Too Busy for Women Foreign Ministers' Dinner
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, probably the world's most powerful woman, has turned down a dinner date with other female foreign ministers at the UN general assembly to discuss women's rights, citing a busy schedule.
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, probably the world's most powerful woman, has turned down a dinner date with other female foreign ministers at the UN general assembly to discuss women's rights, citing a busy schedule.
"There is no slight intended. There are many different scheduling demands on the secretary," a state department spokesman told Reuters. Fifteen of the 17 female foreign ministers were due to attend last night with only Ms Rice and Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan absent.
Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton's secretary of state, started the tradition.
"There is no slight intended. There are many different scheduling demands on the secretary," a state department spokesman told Reuters. Fifteen of the 17 female foreign ministers were due to attend last night with only Ms Rice and Roza Otunbayeva of Kyrgyzstan absent.
Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton's secretary of state, started the tradition.
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