OBAMA FAN CONDI

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gushed yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama is an "extraordinary person" and said it won't be long before the nation gets its first black president.

Sounding like she had come down with a severe case of Obama-mania, Rice affectionately referred to the Democratic senator - a Foreign Relations Committee member - as a member of "my committee," since she frequently testifies there.

"I think he's very appealing and a great person," she enthused. "He's on my committee. And we've always had good exchanges. I think he's an extraordinary person."

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