U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice surprised reporters who are traveling with her on her first official trip abroad in her new role as our chief diplomat. She gave a pocket atlas to every reporter traveling with her on the 12,560-mile trip -- with 10 stops from Europe to the Mideast and back -- and quipped: "I would not want anybody to feel lost." You know, I have to say that Condi always looks fabulous. In London, she was wearing a tailored brown and black plaid suit with gold jewelry and heels. Seemingly determined to launch a charm offensive against Old Europe, Condi actually got German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to laugh uproariously. Wasn't Schroeder the guy who ran his entire re-election campaign on how much he hated George Bush? Ah, the strange world of diplomacy.