Appearing yesterday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stressed the importance of exchange programs. “There is really no better commercial, if you will, for American democracy and the strength of America than having our people travel abroad and having people travel here,” Rice told Senators. “And we’ve tried, through public-private partnerships, more exchanges, more visitors, to give people access to the United States.”