Take this job and shove it
There is a rumor floating around that Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to leave his position should Bush II become reelected (or simply elected depending on your view of the Supremes decision in Gore v. Bush). That is like giving a year-and-a-half notice, as opposed to the normal two weeks that most working stiffs have to give before looking for more gainful employment.
If Powell does step down (there is a baseball team of Democrats attempting to force the issue, at any rate), there will be plenty of discussion as to why he would do so: unhappy with administration foreign policy, does not like telling half-baked truths about foreign weapons programs prepared by agencies that do not believe the intelligence, or simply finds he is being micro-managed (for god's sake, the man was chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff!).
Maybe Powell just wants a career change with a little less stress.
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There is a rumor floating around that Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to leave his position should Bush II become reelected (or simply elected depending on your view of the Supremes decision in Gore v. Bush). That is like giving a year-and-a-half notice, as opposed to the normal two weeks that most working stiffs have to give before looking for more gainful employment.
If Powell does step down (there is a baseball team of Democrats attempting to force the issue, at any rate), there will be plenty of discussion as to why he would do so: unhappy with administration foreign policy, does not like telling half-baked truths about foreign weapons programs prepared by agencies that do not believe the intelligence, or simply finds he is being micro-managed (for god's sake, the man was chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff!).
Maybe Powell just wants a career change with a little less stress.
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