::sigh::

So if it wasn't already clear to the world community about the President's policies on Foreign Policy, when Powell stepped down as Secretary of State, President Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice. Of whom the AP wires say

President Bush turned to his most trusted foreign policy adviser, Condoleezza Rice to lead U.S. diplomacy during his second term, replacing Secretary of State Colin Powell, who often was out of step with more hawkish members of the administration's national security team.

As if the current administation couldn't send any more hostile messages to the world.