Rice, Interrupted: Vexatious Vieira Interviews Secretary of State

Published: September 12, 2007, 8:03 am

Tags: iraq war, condoleezza rice, general david petraeus, madeleine albright, meredith vieira, sen john warner, nbc, today show, video

Warning to Bush administration officials: when being interviewed by Meredith Vieira, be prepared to make your point in 7-10 seconds, or risk being rudely caught off by the "Today" co-anchor. Twice in the course of her interview of Condoleezza Rice this morning, Vieira distemperately interrupted just seconds after the Secretary of State began responding to her host's question. View video here. MEREDITH VIEIRA: Yesterday Senator John Warner asked General Petraeus whether the war in Iraq is making us any safer, and the general responded "I don't know." [Note: in subsequent testimony before the same committee, Petraeus made clear the link between Iraq and America's security interests, but Vieira and others in the MSM have been choosing to ignore that this morning]. What should Americans take from that if the commanding general in Iraq doesn't know if the war there is making us any safer? CONDOLEEZA RICE: Well, the war in Iraq, when we are successful there, will make a

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