Rice to visit Europe – and maybe beyond
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will start a trip to Europe on Monday but her apparently light schedule raises the possibility she could add a surprise stop in the Middle East such as Iraq.
Rice has announced she will visit Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on a Monday-to-Friday trip although she has given few details about her itinerary.
A five-day trip to three countries which are near each other would be gentle traveling for the hard-charging globe-trotter who has visited up to four nations in a day.
Determined to use the element of surprise to counter possible attacks against her in the Middle East, Rice has kept some plans secret, including stops in Baghdad and Beirut in the last three months.
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