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Fwd: Colin Powell: Casualty of War
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 07:26:23 -0400
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Resent-date: Sat, 08 May 2004 07:10:41 -0400 Date: Sat, 08 May 2004 03:39:52 +0000 Resent-from: David Farber <dave () farber net> From: John Levine <johnl () iecc com> This story is about to appear in, of all places, GQ. The most interesting parts are an interview with Condi Rice, in which it is painfully evident how little relationship there is between what she says and reality, and on-the-record comments of Powell's chief of staff, Larry Wilkerson, om the rest of the Bush administration. Casualty of War Four years into an embattled Bush administration, Colin Powell is hard at work at something he's never had to worry about before: salvaging his legacy. By Wil S. Hylton A few weeks ago, I went to see Colin Powell in his office. The room was tiny and the light dim. An Asian lamp on his desk cast a faint glow onto the walls, and the shades of his windows were drawn, giving the room a padded, womblike feel. Everything was in earth tones. When I commented on the warm ambience, Powell shrugged his considerable shoulders and said, "Yeah, because I have stuff lying all over the place." It was true. He was surrounded by a jumble of paperwork and clutter. The bookshelves behind his desk were jammed with old photographs and volumes of world history, some upright on the shelves, others crooked and diagonal, halfway to falling off. In one corner, a podium was pressed against a window, as if he had been practicing a speech to the drapes, while in another corner his suit jacket was slung over a cherry valet stand, hovering above the floor like a ghost. In place of the jacket, Powell wore a dark blue windbreaker with the words BOYS & GIRLS club on the breast. He sat behind his desk with a calm, curious look. I had come to see Powell because, for several weeks, his closest friends and colleagues had been telegraphing a story to me. Powell was finished, they'd said. Exhausted. Frustrated. Bitter. He was uncomfortable with the president's agenda and fatigued from his battles with the Pentagon. ... http://us.gq.com/plus/content/?040429plco_01 ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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