Saturday, January 29, 2005
Condi-lie-zza takes the oath
I'll pause for bitter laugher when you're done reading the excerpt:
[Pause.]
So, Madam Secretary, is it your view that torture is permitted by law, and rule by decree is permitted by the Constitution, as the nominee for Attorney General, Albert Gonzales, has proposed? (back)
The oath I will now ask Secretary Rice to repeat dates from that time.
Madam Secretary?
I, Condoleezza Rice, do solemnly swear...
RICE: I, Condoleezza Rice, do solemnly swear...
GINSBERG: ... that I will support and defend...
RICE: ... that I will support and defend...
GINSBERG: ... the Constitution of the United States...
RICE: ... the Constitution of the United States...
(via WaPo transcript)
[Pause.]
So, Madam Secretary, is it your view that torture is permitted by law, and rule by decree is permitted by the Constitution, as the nominee for Attorney General, Albert Gonzales, has proposed? (back)
