In campaign speeches for President Bush last fall , Ms. Rice likened the current world climate , including the daunting insurgency in Iraq , to the period of skirmishing that followed World War II , when the United States took the lead in establishing international institutions and the policy of containing the Soviet Union that rebuilt Europe and Asia and won the cold war . ''
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