Powell criticizes Vietnam draft policies
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Secretary of State Colin Powell, once the nation&#39;s highest-ranking soldier, reaffirmed his distaste Sunday for Vietnam War draft policies that allowed sons of the powerful to avoid combat.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell defends Bush administration on Iraq and cites successes from China to Russia.
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US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld came under fire from American troops over their safety in Iraq, as Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Europe to look beyond differences over last year's invasion.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Tuesday he had concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin's sweeping political changes.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said yesterday that the insurgency in Iraq is getting worse and that the US occupation there has increased anti-American sentiment in Muslim countries, but
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday rejected suggestions that Washington was trying to edge out the United Nations as leader of the international relief effort for the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell yesterday expressed strong disapproval of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan&#39;s description of the US-led war in Iraq as illegal, saying the comment was &quot;not a very useful statement to make at this point.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says that the insurgency in Iraq is getting worse. With violence continuing in several Iraqi provinces, Secretary of State Colin Powell appeared on several television networks
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North Korea should avoid setting conditions for joining talks on its nuclear program and raise such issues within the six-nation forum, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on Saturday rejected demands by North Korea of a U.S. "reward" before the communist country would agree to resume multinational talks about its nuclear weapons programs.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell encouraged Chinese leaders on Monday to resume a dialogue with Taiwan but suggested Beijing was not prepared to do so because of strong concerns about President Chen Shui-bian&#39;s policies.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell reacted with guarded criticism of President Vladimir Putin&#39;s new steps to consolidate his power over Russia&#39;s political system, saying the fight against terrorism should not become an excuse to move away from
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell pressed Europe to overcome its differences on the 2003 US-led invasion and rebuild Iraq, as the Pentagon revealed that elite US troops abused Iraqi prisoners with stun guns.
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Prominent US Republican Senator Chuck Hagel criticised &quot;very unwise decisions&quot; in going to war in Iraq, during a return visit to Vietnam where he served as a soldier in the late 1960s.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell  on Friday rejected suggestions that Washington was trying to  edge out the United Nations as leader of the international  relief effort for the Indian Ocean tsunami.
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The chief critic of John Kerry's military record told President Nixon in 1971 that he had been in Cambodia in a swift boat during the Vietnam War &#151; a claim at odds with his recent statements that he was not.
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Beijing - American Secretary of State Colin Powell urged Chinese leaders to be &quot;open minded&quot; and resume dialogue with Taiwan on Monday, but Beijing remains suspicious of the island&#39;s president and opposes United States arms sales to Taipei.