Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor, as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Commandand as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holding the latter position during the Persian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 April 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Cuba is an anachronism ... and history will catch up with them.
So that's the Chinese using their influence, their leverage, if you will,
The oil fields are the property of the Iraqi people, and if a coalition of forces goes into those oil fields, we would want to protect those fields and make sure that they are used to benefit the people of Iraq and are not destroyed or damaged by a failing regime on the way out the door,
This is election season. They're even having elections in Iraq. Saddam Hussein won,
Anything we say to the North Koreans would be known to our friends and partners. There will be no secrets,
In order to prevent any loss of life beyond that which may have occurred already, it would be wise for Iraqi leaders to recognize that their day is over and that this is going to happen.
I regret to say that President Aristide, I think, has made some mistakes over the years,
it has to be anywhere, anytime, talking to anybody that has to be spoken to in order to get to the truth.
But I think if it drags on beyond the middle of December when those electoral college deadlines come into effect, then I think people will want to see a resolution of this as quickly as possible.
Germany is one of our closest friends. And differences and difficulties will arise in any relationship from time to time, but the strength of the relationship between the United States and Germany will remain and, I expect, will thrive and grow,
But I have seen nothing that makes a direct connection between Saddam Hussein and that awful regime, and what happened on 9/11.
They can't violate their agreements and then say we violated, what will you pay us to get out of the violation,
among our most important and certainly one of the more robust we have in the world.
And anything the North Koreans say to us will be shared with our friends and partners, because this is going to be an open, transparent process.