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WASHINGTON, May 18 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department Wednesday downplayed reports Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was cool toward Germany getting a U.N. Security Council seat.
"We're not in a position to go through particular meetings the secretary has and don't make it a general practice to release our transcripts of her meetings," department spokesman Richard Boucher said.
Wednesday's Washington Post cited a memo concerning a May 5 meeting Rice had with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., and former Senate Majority leader George Mitchell, D-Maine. During that meeting Rice reportedly said there was "a very poor rationale for giving another member of the European Union a permanent seat." Gingrich and Mitchell are on a panel studying U.N. reform.
Washington has said it recognizes the need for U.N. reform, but has endorsed only Japan's inclusion in an expanded Security Council. Other aspirants are Brazil, Germany and India.
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