rice gave no ground

condoleezza rice insisted today in senate confirmation hearings that the u.s.a. was prepared for the iraqi war and that it was not possible to give a set timetable for our exit from that country, saying that our troop withdrawal depends upon iraq's ability to defend itself against terrorists...

rice said,

this was never going to be easy... it was going to have its ups and downs... but... i think we made the right decision to overthrow (sadaam hussein)

john kerry, a former presidential candidate, was the only member of the foreign relations committee to tell rice that she may not win his vote...