Colin Powell
Events (259)
- September 13, 2001: Powell Privately Complains Administration Neoconservatives Need to Be Put ‘Back in the Box’ 2001-09-13
- September 13, 2001: Saudi Royals Fly to Kentucky in Violation of Domestic Flight Ban 2001-09-13
- September 15, 2001: CIA Director Presents Bush and his Cabinet with Extensive Plan for Combating Terrorism Worldwide 2001-09-15
- September 15, 2001: Wolfowitz Suggests Striking Iraq Immediately; Bush Decides to Focus on Afghanistan First 2001-09-15
- September 20, 2001: Bush to Blair: After Afghanistan, ‘We Must Come Back to Iraq’ 2001-09-20
- September 23-24, 2001: Secretary of State Powell Says White House Will Provide Evidence of Al-Qaeda Role in 9/11, but He Is Contradicted by White House 2001-09-23
- September 25-26, 2001: Neoconservative Commentator Kristol Advocates Regime Change in Iraq, Slams Powell 2001-09-25
- September 28, 2001: Bush Tells His Advisers Iraq ‘Probably Was Behind’ 9/11; Wants to Use Afghanistan War as Warning to Other Countries 2001-09-28
- October 2, 2001: Former Ad Executive Becomes Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy 2001-10-02
- October 4, 2001: British Prime Minister Tony Blair Presents Case for Al-Qaeda 9/11 Involvement 2001-10-04
- October 13, 2001: Czech Foreign Minister Tells Secretary of State Powell Mohamed Atta May Have Met with Iraqi Spy 2001-10-13
- October 25, 2001: Powell Disputes al-Qaeda Claim of Solidarity with Iraq, Palestinians 2001-10-25
- November 6-10, 2001: Cheney Advisers and Justice Department Lawyer Yoo Write Proposal Denying Terror Suspects Right to Courts 2001-11-06
- November 9, 2001: Czech Prime Minister Says Atta and Iraqi Agent Discussed Plans to Blow Up Radio Free Europe in Prague 2001-11-09
- November 11-13, 2001: Cheney Presents Torture Memo to Bush in Private; Dodges Procedure, Law 2001-11-11
- December 8, 2001: US Oil Companies to Invest $200 Billion in Kazakhstan 2001-12-08
- January 25, 2002: Powell, State Department Sidelined in Decision to Abandon Geneva Conventions in Interrogations 2002-01-25
- January 31, 2002: State Department’s Intelligence Analysts Warn Powell about 38 Claims in Draft UN Speech 2002-01-31
- February 12, 2002: Bush Administration Officials Warn that US Is Planning Regime Change in Iraq 2002-02-12
- February 12, 2002: Powell Says that Regime Change in Iraq Has Been US Policy for ‘Several Years’ 2002-02-12
- February 28, 2002: Some Republican Politicians Suggest Any Criticism of Bush’s ‘War on Terrorism’ Is Out of Line 2002-02-28
- March 1, 2002: State Department Intelligence Memo Argues It Is ‘Unlikely’ That Iraq Attempted to Purchase Uranium from Niger 2002-03-01
- March 3, 2002: Powell Denies ISI Links to Daniel Pearl Murder 2002-03-03
- April 24-25, 2002: Saudi Prince Said to Meet Suspected Hijacker Associate while Visiting Bush; Three Figures in Saudi Crown Prince’s Entourage Are Wanted by FBI 2002-04-24
- May 5, 2002: Powell Says US Reserves Option to Oust Hussein 2002-05-05
- May 6, 2002: US Withdraws from International Criminal Court Statute 2002-05-06
- May 24, 2002: US, Russia Sign SORT Nuclear Reduction Agreement 2002-05-24
- August 5, 2002: Powell Tells Bush That US Needs International Backing for Iraq Invasion, Occupation 2002-08-05
- August 13, 2002: Powell, Kissinger Plan International Discussion on Post-Hussein Iraq 2002-08-13
- August 26, 2002: Cheney Says Hussein Has WMDs, Must Be Countered 2002-08-26
- September 1, 2002: Powell Contradicts Cheney; Says UN Inspectors Should Return to Iraq 2002-09-01
- September 6, 2002: Cheney ‘Hell-bent for Action’ against Iraq 2002-09-06
- September 8, 2002: White House Marketing Group Launches Iraq PR Blitz 2002-09-08
- September 8, 2002: Secretary of State Colin Powell Says Iraq Has Chemical and Biological Weapons and Is Building a Nuclear Weapon 2002-09-08
- September 16, 2002: Iraq Agrees to Readmit UN Weapons Inspectors; US, Britain Oppose Move 2002-09-16
- September 19, 2002: White House Sends Draft of Resolution Authorizing Military Force Against Iraq to Congress 2002-09-19
- September 20, 2002: Bush Administration Will Prevent UN Inspectors from Returning to Iraq 2002-09-20
- September 21, 2002: Feith Pushes Iraq-Al-Qaeda Collaboration Theory at White House Meeting 2002-09-21
- September 26, 2002: Powell Implies Connection Between Iraq, Islamist Terrorists, Says Terrorists Must Not Get WMD 2002-09-26
- November 8, 2002: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution 1441; Does Not Authorize Force Against Iraq 2002-11-08
- November 14, 2002: Powell Warns Against Iraq Shooting Down US or British Aircraft in No-Fly Zones 2002-11-14
- November 20, 2002: Bush Warns that ‘Deception’ from Iraq ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ 2002-11-20
- November 25, 2002: Secretary of State Powell Indicates He Believes Pakistan’s Assurances It Is Not Helping North Korea with Nuclear Weapons, CIA Intelligence Shows Otherwise 2002-11-25
- December 8, 2002: US Bribes Head of UN Security Council to Provide Unabridged Copy of Iraqi Declaration; US Will Censor Documents 2002-12-08
- December 19, 2002: US Says Iraq in ‘Material Breach’ of Resolution 1441; Blix Disagrees 2002-12-19
- December 19, 2002: US Says UN Ignoring Iraq-Niger Uranium Deal 2002-12-19
- January 9, 2003: White House Undaunted by UN Claim There Is No Evidence of WMD in Iraq 2003-01-09
- January 13, 2003: Bush Reportedly Tells Powell ‘I’m Going to Have to’ Attack Iraq 2003-01-13
- January 19, 2003: Top Bush Officials Appear to Suggest that War with Iraq Might be Avoided 2003-01-19
- January 19, 2003: US Allies Resist View That Inspections Not Working 2003-01-19