Rice defends U.S.-Iraq ties
From Times Wire Reports
Facing allegations that the U.S. spied on its Iraqi allies, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended relations between the two governments as “very open and transparent.”
Rice did not directly confront the assertion, raised in a new book by Bob Woodward, that the Bush administration spied extensively on Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and other Iraqi officials.
Rice said in Morocco, “I myself work constantly with Prime Minister Maliki, and we share information.”
From Times Wire Reports
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