According to Olmert, when he heard about her support for a cease-fire, he called Pres. Bush and demanded that he order her not to vote for it. The US State department has angrily denied this, but a new report from Israel's Haaretz newspaper basically backs up the Olmert version of the event.
Haaretz did some investigating and found that Rice told her British and French counterparts that she was 'on board' in supporting the resolution, before abstaining when the vote was called in the UN Security Council. The vote did pass with the support of the other 14 members of the council.
So why did Rice suddenly not support a resolution she herself helped to negotiate? Interesting question...
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