Colin Powell

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In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures
  • The great Limbaugh battle

    The radio host comes under fire from two big names in American politics: Powell and Reagan.
  • We tortured to justify war

    Dick Cheney keeps saying "enhanced interrogation" was used to stop imminent attacks, but evidence is mounting that the real reason was to invent evidence linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
  • A day at the Mall

    Two million came to D.C. to brave the crowds and the cold -- and to see their country change.
  • Illusions of victory under Bush

    How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror.
  • Powell: "Can we continue to listen to Rush Limbaugh?"

    Former Secretary of State Colin Powell issues a wake-up call to the Republican Party.
  • Powell's lesson

    Section 60 and the Muslim patriot who gave his life.
  • Powell endorsement incites right-wing rage

    Chorus from the right: Powell's race explains everything.
  • Powell endorses Obama with "overwhelming force"

    The retired general did not mince his words: Obama is "the president we need," and the GOP has gone "too far" to the right.
  • Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

    On Meet the Press: "I will be voting for Barack Obama"
  • Colin Powell endorsement fever

    Will the former secretary of state declare his intentions on Sunday's "Meet the Press"? And why should we care?
  • Quote of the day

    Colin Powell sums up the world's feelings on Bill Kristol.
  • Powell for Obama?

    Speculation that Colin Powell will endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee is growing.
  • McCain's Vietnam obsession

    The former POW's Senate career has been marked by his outspoken determination never to repeat Vietnam mistakes. So why does he support the Iraq war?
  • America needs realists, not William Kristol

    If the New York Times wants true diversity on its Op-Ed pages, it should hire foreign policy realists, not ideologues.
  • How Cheney took control of Bush's foreign policy

    The new veep installed crony Don Rumsfeld as secretary of defense, and would've won Paul Wolfowitz the top post at CIA -- if not for Wolfowitz's zipper problem.
  • The man who sold the war

    "Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD.
  • Bush's stairway to paradise

    Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
  • How Bush is trying to save face in Iraq

    The president is now taking credit for turning Sunni tribes against al-Qaida in Iraq. But two years ago he rejected a Sunni offer to negotiate an end to the violence.
  • Petraeus' Pentagon skeptics

    MoveOn members aren't the only ones challenging Petraeus' "stay the course" message. Plus: I'm on MSNBC's "Live With Dan Abrams" tonight.
  • Bush knew Saddam had no weapons of mass destruction

    Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq.
  • Will the real Colin Powell stand up?

    The White House fears that the former secretary of state will finally tell the truth about planning for the Iraq war.
  • What George Tenet really knew about Iraq

    Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war.
  • The imperial vice presidency

    New details about his secret mission to expand the power of the president show that Cheney, at the end of his career, refuses to loosen his grip.
  • The Libby lobby's pardon campaign

    Having never expressed remorse for his crime, Scooter Libby instead enlisted his neoconservative friends to win him reduced prison time.
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