Colin Powell in Joe Biden biography by Jules Witcover

On Principles & Values: 2004: Cabinet exit meant loss to Cheney-Rumsfeld war theory

Powell as secretary of state, the loser to Cheney and Rumsfeld in winning Bush's ear and his collaboration in pursuit of the war. In the confirmation hearings of Powell's successor, Condoleeza Rice, moving up from her first-term post as With Bush's reelection came a modest remaking of his administration, and with it further watchdog responsibilities for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The most significant change was the jettisoning of Colin The moderate voices are now gone. The president pointedly got rid of Colin Powell and other centrists. The only people left are the neocons." Bush's national security adviser, Biden gave her a hard time as a defender of the war, but then voted to confirm her. Biden expressed his fears of what the second term would bring. "It may be worse. Source: A Life of Trial & Redemption, by Jules Witcover, p.362 Oct 5, 2010

On War & Peace: Iraq Security Council speech is "worst blot" on my record

Hussein had such weapons, and that he had one last chance to come clean or be forcibly disarmed. Biden was convinced that the weapons existed, especially after the Powell presentation, Powell himself, however, later regretfully labeled his own Bush sent Secretary of State Colin Powell before the Security Council on February 5, 2003. Armed with information and pictorial support from the CIA and other U.S. governmental sources, he gave a lengthy and forceful case that Saddam Biden asked him to convey to Powell "my strong view not to say anything you do not know for certain." Powell himself expressed home that in going back to the United Nations "we may yet be able to avoid this war, and how bad would that be?" speech "the worst blot" on his career record, as it turned out he had been misled by the CIA and there were no such weapons to be found. Biden recalled long after that when Powell's deputy had appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Source: A Life of Trial & Redemption, by Jules Witcover, p.349 Oct 5, 2010

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