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'Powell says he was fired by Bush Admin.

Colin Powell claims he was 'fired' by the Bush Administration, according part of Powell's official biography published in the Washington Post. Powell and the Bush Administration used the cover story that Powell resigned of his own accord from his position as Secretary of State.
10/01/06 Video Runtime 3 Minutes

The following is the relevant text of Powell's official biography published in the Washington Post:"The president would like to make a change," Card (chief of staff White House) said, using a time-honored formulation that avoided the words "resign" or "fire." He noted briskly that there had been some discussion of having Powell remain until after Iraqi elections scheduled for the end of January, but that the president had decided to take care of all Cabinet changes sooner rather than later. Bush wanted Powell's resignation letter dated two days hence, on Friday, November 12, Card said, although the White House expected him to stay at the State Department until his successor was confirmed by the Senate. After four long years, Powell had anticipated the end of his service and sometimes even longed for it. He had never directly told the president but thought he had made clear to him during the summer of 2004 that he did not intend to stay into a second term. There had been public speculation as the election drew near that the president might ask the secretary of state to reenlist, at least temporarily. Powell was still the most popular member of Bush's team, far more popular with the public than the president himself. Senior Powell aides were convinced that the secretary anticipated an invitation to stay, and they were equally certain that he intended to accept. The approaching elections in Iraq, hints of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and the rumored departure of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a principal Powell nemesis, made the next six months look like a rare period of promise for diplomacy.

'Zie: http://informationclearinghouse.info/article15193.htm

Op grond van de gegevens van de Bush Bende is het kabinet Balkenende, met vooraan de voormalige wethouder van Borculo en tegenwoordig minister van Defensie Henk Kamp, met militaire avonturen in Irak en nu Afghanistan begonnen. Desondanks worden de politiek verantwoordelijken niet door het parlement ter verantwoording geroepen.