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Rice Launches Mideast Mission with Lebanon Stop

NPR | By Mike Shuster

Published July 24, 2006 at 6:00 AM EDT

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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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