Rice to Succeed Powell as Secretary of State

NPR | By Brian Naylor

Published November 16, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

President Bush appoints Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser, as secretary of state. If confirmed, Rice will be the first African-American woman to lead the State Department. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

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