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Powell's Private War.(ISSUES & INSIGHTS)(EDITORIALS)
Iraq: Because of a balky secretary of state, the media imply that the administration is a house divided in its Saddam Hussein solution. But is that actually the case?
Not according to Colin Powell insiders. Fox News reports that some close to the secretary of state say he isn't at odds with the White House's firm position on Iraq. He's merely working beneath the noise, privately laying out the case to our European and Arab allies that Saddam's regime poses a grave threat.
It's encouraging that the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff might, in fact, be unified with the Bush administration's goal of using force, if necessary, to expeditiously remove the deadly Saddam. The media have been playing Powell as the administration dove who is far more measured in his approach to Iraq than the bellicose Vice President Dick Cheney and forceful Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. With weekend reports that Powell plans to resign at the end of President Bush's current term, the rift seemed to be taking a public shape.
Recent speculation of discord seemed even more plausible when press secretary Ari Fleischer felt it necessary two days ago to confirm that Powell and Cheney "have not spoken differently. They speak ...
- White House hints at Iraq withdrawal plan Sridhar Krishnaswami.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. November 27, 2005 700+ words
White House hints at Iraq withdrawal plan Sridhar Krishnaswami Washington, Nov 27 (PTI) The White House has for the first time come out...emergency situation that could arise in Iraq. What makes the White House response to Senator Biden interesting...
- White House launches new effort to battle public skepticism on Iraq.
- Newspaper article from: The Dallas Morning News (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) October 7, 2003 700+ words
...of reports that Iraq remains dangerously unstable, White House officials are hitting...assignments of the new Iraq Stabilization Group...week to give the White House more control over...OPTIONAL TRIM) White House National Security...expected to focus on Iraq ...
- White House launches new effort to battle public skepticism on Iraq.(The Dallas...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Jackson, David October 7, 2003 700+ words
...of reports that Iraq remains dangerously unstable, White House officials are hitting...assignments of the new Iraq Stabilization Group...week to give the White House more control over...OPTIONAL TRIM) White House National Security...expected to focus on Iraq ...
- White House: Iraq disarmament has begun.
- News wire article from: United Press International March 20, 2003 700+ words
...Press International via COMTEX) White House spokesman Ari Fleischer Wednesday...phase of the U.S. disarmament of Iraq had begun. "The initial phases...Fleischer told reporters gathered in the White House press room, adding that the president...
- 9/11 COMMISSION; White House sticks to its guns about Al-Qaida-Iraq links.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Westphal, David June 18, 2004 700+ words
...was a relationship between Iraq and Al-Qaida." Later, White House spokesman Scott McClellan went...acknowledged that "some in the White House may have overplayed" the Iraq link with Al-Qaida. The White House has also been accused of supporting...
- CONGRESS WANTS DETAILS ABOUT IRAQ PLANS LAWMAKERS THINK WHITE HOUSE IS LEAVING...
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Pope, Charles September 3, 2002 700+ words
...souring because the White House is largely leaving...about its plans for Iraq. "No administration...Committee. The fate of Iraq has been a low...Congress and the White House for months. But...Congress and the White House have been staring...for months over Iraq. ...
- White House assertion of terror network in Iraq may undermine own case for war.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Douglas, William November 28, 2003 700+ words
...experts say the White House is giving Americans...terrorists in Iraq are and their...terrorist threat in Iraq will help keep...diminishes the White House's original...as long as the White House keeps talking about Iraq as a beachhead...
- The public sees through White House spin on Iraq.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rubin, Trudy September 22, 2003 700+ words
...tab for rebuilding Iraq. The White House wanted to promote...whirlwind tour of Iraq. The real good news is that the White House doesn't believe...No wonder the White House suffers from a mammoth credibility gap. Iraq will not recover...