http://dir.salon.com/topics/colin_powell/?source=rss&aim=colin_powell en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Klaus Brinkbäumer and Gregor-Peter Schmitz Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/27/krauthammer/index.html?source=rss In an interview, a leading voice of America's conservative intellectuals discusses Barack Obama's failures By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/20/limbaugh/index.html?source=rss The radio host comes under fire from two big names in American politics: Powell and Reagan. By Joe Conason Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/05/14/cheney/index.html?source=rss 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. By Rebecca Traister Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/21/inauguration_mall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/21/inauguration_mall/index.html?source=rss Two million came to D.C. to brave the crowds and the cold -- and to see their country change. By Andrew Bacevich Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/15/victory/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/15/victory/index.html?source=rss How the U.S. wildly overestimated the use of military power in Bush's global war on terror. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/12/powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/12/powell/index.html?source=rss Former Secretary of State Colin Powell issues a wake-up call to the Republican Party. By Thomas Schaller Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/20/powell_lesson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/20/powell_lesson/index.html?source=rss Section 60 and the Muslim patriot who gave his life. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/right_wing_powell_reaction/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/right_wing_powell_reaction/index.html?source=rss Chorus from the right: Powell's race explains everything. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/the_powell_doctrine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/the_powell_doctrine/index.html?source=rss The retired general did not mince his words: Obama is "the president we need," and the GOP has gone "too far" to the right. By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/colin_powell_endorsement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/19/colin_powell_endorsement/index.html?source=rss On Meet the Press: "I will be voting for Barack Obama" By Andrew Leonard Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/18/colin_powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/18/colin_powell/index.html?source=rss Will the former secretary of state declare his intentions on Sunday's "Meet the Press"? And why should we care? By Mike Madden Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/08/13/qotd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/08/13/qotd/index.html?source=rss Colin Powell sums up the world's feelings on Bill Kristol. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/26/obama_powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/26/obama_powell/index.html?source=rss Speculation that Colin Powell will endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee is growing. By Mark Benjamin Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/01/mccain/index.html?source=rss 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? By Stephen M. Walt Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/16/realism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/01/16/realism/index.html?source=rss If the New York Times wants true diversity on its Op-Ed pages, it should hire foreign policy realists, not ideologues. By Craig Unger Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/11/09/house_of_bush_3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/11/09/house_of_bush_3/index.html?source=rss 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. By Alex Koppelman Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2007/10/16/curveball/index.html?source=rss "Curveball" author Bob Drogin talks about the Iraqi defector responsible for much of the CIA's bogus prewar intelligence about Iraqi WMD. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/20/bush_draper/index.html?source=rss Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/13/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/13/iraq_war/index.html?source=rss 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. By Joan Walsh Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/iraq_war/2007/09/11/petraeus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/iraq_war/2007/09/11/petraeus/index.html?source=rss MoveOn members aren't the only ones challenging Petraeus' "stay the course" message. Plus: I'm on MSNBC's "Live With Dan Abrams" tonight. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/09/06/bush_wmd/index.html?source=rss Salon exclusive: Two former CIA officers say the president squelched top-secret intelligence, and a briefing by George Tenet, months before invading Iraq. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/08/09/iraq_powell/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/08/09/iraq_powell/index.html?source=rss The White House fears that the former secretary of state will finally tell the truth about planning for the Iraq war. By Thomas Powers Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/02/tenet_iraq/index.html?source=rss Unraveling the former CIA chief's cover story about bogus intelligence -- and the grand scheme that launched the war. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/28/cheney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/28/cheney/index.html?source=rss 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. By Sidney Blumenthal Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/07/scooter_libby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2007/06/07/scooter_libby/index.html?source=rss Having never expressed remorse for his crime, Scooter Libby instead enlisted his neoconservative friends to win him reduced prison time.