Qualifications to Be Secretary of State, According to Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Qualifications to Be Secretary of State, According to Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Qualifications to Be Secretary of State, According to Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham

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Though Condoleezza Rice had once avowed
The smoking gun might be a mushroom cloud
And thus invasion simply couldn’t wait,
She was considered qualified for State.

Reciting talking points on Sunday shows
This year was quite sufficient to foreclose
The chance that Susan Rice would ever lead
At State—so Graham and McCain agreed.

The senators, when left to their devices
Make use of different rules for different Rices.

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