Condoleza Rice to visit Perth next week - Page 2

Rhys Xanthis · #11 20th July 2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Grima

Hey Rhys,

I have read (on smh.com.au) that our Foreign Minister Stephen Smith asked her to visit his electorate of Perth when he was in Washington DC early this year to meet Rice who is his counterpart in the U.S. Should count your selves lucky to have to oppertunity to host her, both from being able to photograph her 757 and secondly from having your wonderful (in my opinion) city all over U.S. tv for a couple days :-)

Cheers

M

Have your own opinion about Perth, i have mine

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I'll have school anyway, and i havent really got a good lens (end of this year), so no photo taking!

I wonder if she will even land at Perth Airport? They're nuts about security and Perth has quite a lot of open spaces..perhaps RAAF Pearce base and a helicopter in? Or the 757 will park at RAAF Pearce?

This is all assuming they are nuts about security (safe assumption i think

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Originally Posted by damien b

I wouldn't be surprised to see her pay a visit to the SAS Regiment as well to thank them for their efforts in Afghanistan.

My thoughts exactly. They were pretty much the frontrunners in Iraq when the invasion started, I'm not sure about Afghanistan though, although they are doing a fair amount there now.

Montague S · #12 24th July 2008, 09:13 PM

from Greg W.

USAF C-40B 'Clipper' 01-0041 c/n 33080 arrived 18.40hrs ex: Paya Lebar as flight 'SAM 2916'

David M · #13 26th July 2008, 08:39 AM

Does anyone have an ETD for her flight today??

Cheers

David.M.

Philip Argy · #14 26th July 2008, 08:55 AM

I believe she is already in New Zealand

David M · #15 26th July 2008, 08:58 AM

Oh ok... had been rumour that she'd stop into ADL for fuel, as there is a visiting USAF C-17 here at the moment.

Cheers

David.M.

Philip Argy · #16 26th July 2008, 09:04 AM

Stuff in NZ reports that she arrived in Auckland last night and flies to Samoa tomorrow:

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Rice arrives in New Zealand

Stuff.co.nz | Friday, 25 July 2008

OLA THORSEN
TOUCHDOWN: United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has arrived in Auckland.

OLA THORSEN
GREETINGS: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with foreign affairs minister Winston Peters.

The world's most powerful woman, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, has touched down in Auckland.

Rice, who will hold talks with Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters tomorrow, made no comment to reporters on the plane carrying her from Australia.
Rice had spent the day in the West Australian capital Perth after arriving late yesterday as a personal guest of Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith.
She is due to leave New Zealand on Sunday, on route for Samoa where she will speak to ministers from 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum.