TIME Magazine Preview: Barack Obama Listens to Condi Rice

NEW YORK - This week's issue of TIME magazine, arriving on Friday, details the surprising respect and productive relationship between Barack Obama and Condoleezza Rice. Massimo Calabresi writes that Obama and Secretary of State Rice, "have come to have a certain respect for each other ... because both take an intellectual, sober view of foreign affairs." An aide to Barack Obama tells Calabresi, "They've had good exchanges. Does he treat her as someone whom he has respect for? Absolutely. Does he listen to her on occasion? Absolutely." The aide added that Rice "can expect the phone calls to continue." More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions