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Ten Years Since Colin Powell Presented Case for Iraq War
On February 5, 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell went to the U.N. to present the American case to go to war with Iraq.
10 Questions for Colin Powell
In It Worked for Me, you write that the two months you spent mulling a run for the presidency were the most difficult of your life. Why? I never had any...
Powell's Endorsement: Months in the Making
Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama on Sunday by employing the military doctrine that bears his name. With a keen sense of timing, the 71-year-old retired...
Halperin: How the Powell Endorsement Boosts Obama
In one of the most symbolically important moments of the general election, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced today that he is endorsing Barack...
The Urge to Surge
The latest semaphore flags from the Bush Administration suggest the President is warming to the idea of boosting — if perhaps only on a short-term basis —...
RIDING THE BACKLASH
AT 1 P.M. LAST TUESDAY, RETIRED General Colin Powell was dutifully signing books at a Wal-Mart in suburban Fort Worth when he noticed that the line of eager...
Perfect Harmony
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's scheduled visit to China on Sunday signaled a remarkably even keel in relations between Washington and Beijing. In...
Iraq: Iraq and al-Qaeda: What's Behind a Sinister Flirtation
For months now, America's most powerful argument for invading Iraq has been its least persuasive one: the allegation that an alliance exists between Saddam...
What Powell Achieved
Secretary of State Colin Powell's hour-long indictment of Iraq Wednesday has not changed the political dynamic at the UN Security Council for a simple reason:...
Powell's Pitch: The Stakes
Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation of evidence against Iraq at the UN Security Council is less an attempt at direct persuasion of reluctant allies...
