Rice: US has 'no better friend' than Britain

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told the first news conference of her whistle-stop visit to the UK: "This is my first step on what is indeed going to be a bit of a whirlwind around Europe and the Middle East.

“I decided to come first to Britain because we have no better friend. We have no better ally. We have done so much together and we still have so much to do together.