Around the World in 80 days

The Bush administration continues it's travels around the world embarks on a late series of foreign policy initiatives. This week the start of the show is Secretary of State Condolezza Rice working at the United Nations seeking help fighting Somali pirates, trying to avert a humanitarian disaster in Zimbabwe and reaching for momentum in Middle East peace efforts.

The State Department did not release details of Dr. Rice's schedule before her trip, but the U.S. is circulating a resolution that would authorize military force against pirates in Somalia, including land and air attacks on pirate bases. Again they are stopping one of the many symptoms of what is a bigger problem.

Dr. Rice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU commissioners Bettina Ferrero-Waldner and Javier Solana, and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will participate in the 60-minute discussion, as well as a second meeting with Arab foreign ministers. Then on Tuesday Miss Rice will attend the Security Council session on Somalia.