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Clothes make the testimony.(The Hartford Courant)

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| April 01, 2004 | Shea, Jim | COPYRIGHT 2004 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Jim Shea

There had been something vaguely familiar about national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's claim that she really, really, really wanted to testify under oath before the Sept. 11 commission but couldn't because the president wouldn't let her.

And it wasn't just that the excuse came across as sounding so, well, weenie.

I mean, Rice had been on so many television talk shows that she was close to qualifying for a co-host union card.

Then it hit me.

Rice was using the old I-have-my-good-clothes-on defense.

For those who never had a grammar-school tough inform you he is going to get you after school, the ...

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