Rice, Iraqi official optimistic about referendum
As election workers in Iraq counted millions of paper ballots cast in the constitutional referendum, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday the measure “had probably passed” but cautioned she didn’t know the final outcome. Rice told reporters traveling with her in London that she had spoken Sunday with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and her comments were based on “the assessment of people on the ground.” Full Story