Now Powell Tells Us
Robert Scheer : Bush's Lies
The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.

Robert Scheer : Bush's Lies
The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Iraq War
Pre-emptive war against Iraq lacks legitimacy, morality and sense.
Christopher Hitchens : US Military
Colin Powell's appointment is a worrisome indicator of the militarization of the State Department.
Colin Powell is a national icon. But the retired general does not deserve hands-off hearings.



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