Condi Rice and Karen Hughes failed to advance any of the U.S.'s agenda at the first Forum for the Future, assembled by the Bush Administration and hosted by Egypt at the suggestion of the Bush Administration, as Steve Soto explains:

In other words, not a damn thing has changed, no matter what country we invade and get tied down in, no matter how ineptly we help Al Qaeda spread in the region, no matter how many times Bush walks hand in hand with the Saudis, no matter how many times Laura Bush tells the Egyptians how great they are for democracy and the rights of women, and no matter how many different clothes and hair styles Condi wears. In fact, can anyone point to a single major accomplishment by Condi Twin Mirrors since she was all-too-willing to push her mentor out of Foggy Bottom, aside from her wardrobe, her ability to shop for new shoes while people were dying from Katrina, and her ability to garner great press coverage while seemingly getting nothing done in North Korea, China, Europe, and now the Middle East?