Republicans criticise Rice

Republican senators in the US criticised the Bush administration today over its policies in Iraq, Iran and the Palestinian territories, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s first testimony to Congress in months exposed her to a tough grilling from some members of her own party.

“I don’t see, Madame Secretary, how things are getting better. I think they’re getting worse in Iraq, they’re getting worse in Iran,” Sen Chuck Hagel told Rice as she appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.