Person
Colin Powell
U.S. Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005; presented the case on Iraq's weapons to the U.N. Security Council on 5 February 2003.
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member of
- United States government 2003 Secretary of State Scholarship & press 1
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- Powell's address to the U.N. Security Council speaker Primary record 2
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- 2003 Colin Powell member of United States government
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Powell Calls U.N. Speech 'Painful' (CBS News with the Associated Press, on Powell's ABC interview with Barbara Walters), CBS News, 9 Sep 2005.
Scholarship & press
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday his prewar speech to the United Nations accusing Iraq of harboring weapons of mass destruction was a "blot" on his record.
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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell Addresses the U.N. Security Council (transcript, 5 February 2003), The White House (George W. Bush administration archive), 5 Feb 2003.
Primary record
My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions.
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