Editing Condoleezza Rice (section)

===Criticism from Senator Barbara Boxer===
[[California]] Democratic senator [[Barbara Boxer]] has also criticized Rice in relation to the [[war in Iraq]]. During Rice's confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of state in January 2005, Boxer stated, "I personally believe—this is my personal view—that your loyalty to the mission you were given, to sell the war, overwhelmed your respect for the truth."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27818-2005Jan21.html |title=Why the Crass Remarks About Rice? |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=January 22, 2005 |first=Colbert I. |last=King |author-link=Colbert I. King |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023040/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27818-2005Jan21.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On January 11, 2007, Boxer, during a debate over the [[war in Iraq]], said, "Now, the issue is who pays the price, who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, within immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families, and I just want to bring us back to that fact."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2007/01/12/barbara-boxer-hits-condi-below-the-belt/ |title=Barbara Boxer hits Condi below the belt |work=[[Foreign Policy]] |date=January 12, 2007 |access-date=September 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921115658/https://foreignpolicy.com/2007/01/12/barbara-boxer-hits-condi-below-the-belt/ |archive-date=September 21, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[New York Post]]'' and [[White House Press Secretary|White House press secretary]] [[Tony Snow]] called Boxer's statement an attack on Rice's status as a single, childless female and referred to Boxer's comments as "a great leap backward for feminism."<ref name="nochildren">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/white-house-spokesman-blasts-sen-boxers-exchange-with-secretary-rice |title=White House Spokesman Blasts Sen. Boxer's Exchange With Secretary Rice |work=[[Fox News]] |date=January 13, 2007 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |first1=Melissa |last1=Drosjack |first2=Greg |last2=Simmons |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023036/https://www.foxnews.com/story/white-house-spokesman-blasts-sen-boxers-exchange-with-secretary-rice |url-status=live }}</ref> Rice later echoed Snow's remarks, saying "I thought it was okay to not have children, and I thought you could still make good decisions on behalf of the country if you were single and didn't have children." Boxer responded to the controversy by saying "They're getting this off on a non-existent thing that I didn't say. I'm saying, she's like me, we do not have families who are in the military."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/washington/12cnd-rice.html |title=Exchange Turns Into Political Flashpoint |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 12, 2007 |first1=Helene |last1=Cooper |first2=Thom |last2=Shanker |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=August 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823023131/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/12/washington/12cnd-rice.html |url-status=live }}</ref>