CONDI'S A HOMOWNER? Gal pal Bean

After years of speculation about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's sexual orientation, her partner is finally speaking out about their relationship—it's all business.

Randy Bean has long been what one of her friends describes as a "pretty radical liberal." A former producer for Bill Moyers's television show, she's helped create several hard-hitting documentaries that are critical of Republican policies. And in the 1960s, she almost dropped out of college to work for Bobby Kennedy.

Considering her Democratic pedigree, many were shocked by revelations in a new book, The Confidante, by Washington Post correspondent Glenn Kessler, that Bean owns a home with Rice.

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