Grandmaster Powell: before September 11, he seemed all but invisible, losing policy disputes to others in the Bush administration. What a difference a war makes.
New York Times Upfront › Vol. 134 Nbr. 8, January 2002
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National - Secretary of State Colin Powell
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Grandmaster Powell: before September 11, he seemed all but invisible, losing policy disputes to others in the Bush administration. What a difference a war makes.
WITHIN THE HEAVILY FORTIFIED RESIDENCE OF the American ambassador in Islamabad, Secretary of State Colin Powell found himself dining last fall with his improbable new best friend, General Pervez Musharraf, the President of Pakistan.
Only months earlier, the Bush administration would have labeled Pakistan a terrorist-cradling rogue nation. But war changes everything, and Powell was now cementing relations with Musharraf, our partner in the war against the terrorists in neighboring Afghanistan. As they dined, cell phones trilled--first ...See the full content of this document
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