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Rice Launches Mideast Mission with Lebanon Stop

By Mike Shuster
Published July 24, 2006 at 5:00 AM CDT
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Beirut to begin a diplomatic mission to the Middle East.

Her unannounced stop in Lebanon is intended to show support for the country's beleaguered government. Rice will work to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Mike Shuster
Mike Shuster is an award-winning diplomatic correspondent and roving foreign correspondent for NPR News. He is based at NPR West, in Culver City, CA. When not traveling outside the U.S., Shuster covers issues of nuclear non-proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, and the Pacific Rim.
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