(National Review)Joel C. Rosenberg - When Natan Sharansky stepped into Condoleezza Rice's West Wing office last Thursday, he had no idea she would soon be named the next secretary of state. He was just glad to see her holding a copy of his newly published book, The Case for Democracy. "I'm already half-way through your book," Rice said. "Do you know why I'm reading it?" Sharansky, who spent nine years in KGB prisons (often in solitary confinement), hoped it had to do with his brilliant analysis and polished prose. "I'm reading it because the president is reading it, and it's my job to know what the president is thinking," said Rice.
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