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...would close Guantánamo not tomorrow but this afternoon.' COLIN POWELL, former U.S. Secretary of State, calling for the immediate closure of the controversial military prison...
...would close Guantánamo not tomorrow but this afternoon.' COLIN POWELL, former U.S. Secretary of State, calling for the immediate closure of the controversial military prison...
...primacy of the Secretary of State is crucial. Since the office of Secretary of Defense was created after World War II, there have been only two who were more powerful than their counterpart at State: Robert McNamara over Dean Rusk in the 1960s and Donald Rumsfeld over Colin Powell in George W. Bush's first term. McNamara and Rumsfeld presided over the wars in Vietnam and Iraq. Indeed, the primacy of Rumsfeld and his patron Dick Cheney has created a deep wound. Their constant undermining of the U.S. intelligence community, the putdowns of "old Europe," their impatience with U.N. inspectors...
...first since Daniel Ezra in 1996. With seven seniors on the team, the core of this year’s successful squad will be gone next season, but some players appear poised to fill their shoes. “I think from the ones that are remaining, Colin West is most likely to play [No. 1],” Suchde said. “He could definitely challenge some of the older guys next year. [Sophomore] Verdi [DiSesa] and Niko will be playing top five instead of seven and eight. They are ready to take on more responsibility. [The team...
They were. For months Bremer's authority had been hearing complaints from released prisoners and families of those still in detention. The State Department knew enough to realize, says a senior official, "this was going to be a problem." Aides to Bremer and Secretary of State Colin Powell say that as early as last fall, both men raised the issue in meetings with the rest of the Administration's national-security team. Yet no action was taken until mid-January, when Specialist Joseph Darby, a member of the 372nd Military Police Company, got hold of some of the incriminating photographs...