The Chevron Oil Tanker "Condoleezza Rice"
James Chamblee
: CNN Interactive
: 7 North One CNN Center
: Atlanta GA 30348
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RE: People in the News: Condoleezza Rice
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FR: Bob Broedel; P.O. Box 20049; Tallahassee FL 32316
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Dear Friends,
I saw your program about Dr. Rice. It was almost
impossible for me to believe that you did not
mention that she at one time had an oil tanker
named after her (see below).
I think it would have been newsworthy to tell
your viewers this member of the Bush team also has
connections to the oil industry.
Sincerely, Bob Broedel
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SOURCE : THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (LONDON)
DATE : July 05, 2001
HEADLINE: Ship name changed after storm warnings
BYLINE : By Toby Harnden in Washington
A CHEVRON tanker called after one of President
Bush's closest advisers has been renamed after
concern that its illustration of the links between
the White House and "big oil" was causing bad
publicity.
The tanker was named Condoleezza Rice in 1993
when she was a Chevron board member, former
foreign policy aide to Mr Bush's father and
Stanford University academic.
But her elevation to the post of National
Security Adviser forced a rethink. Without
fanfare, the 129,000-ton tanker has become
the Altair Voyager.
The Bush administration is sensitive about
its ties to the oil industry and is seeking
to present a more environmentally friendly
image.
Mr Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney and Don
Evans, the Commerce Secretary, are all former
oilmen.
Miss Rice had defended the ship on the grounds
that Chevron had named vessels after other
prominent board members such as George Shultz,
Secretary of State under Ronald Reagan.
Chevron is being sued for alleged breaches
of human rights in Nigeria and the press would
have had a field day if the Condoleezza Rice
had ever run aground.
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SOURCE : Platt's Oilgram News
DATE : August 25, 1993
HEADLINE: BRAZIL
In a ceremony held Aug. 23 at the Ishikawajima
do Brasil Estaleiros S.A. (ISHIBRAS) shipyard
in Rio de Janeiro, Chevron director Condoleezza
Rice christened Chevron's newest tanker named
after her as a director of Chevron Corp. This
latest addition brings Chevron's worldwide
fleet to 40. Under a contract with Mitsui & Co.
of Japan, the Condoleezza Rice, to carry about
1-million bbl of crude on each voyage, is the
last one in a series of three identical 136,000
dwt, double hull tankers built by ISHIBRAS.