The George W. Bush Administration was set on going to war with Iraq even before Colin Powell made his infamous 2003 weapons of mass destruction pitch to the United Nations, writes the former secretary ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from neighborhood store clerk to warehouse floor-mopper to the highest echelons of the U.S. government.

Ten years ago today Secretary of State Colin Powell made his case to the United Nations to go to war with Iraq on the assumption that weapons of mass destruction were held there. Last year in an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- As the United States moved closer to war with Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that 30 nations have declared varying levels of support and 15 others have given ...

UNITED NATIONS -- Iraq's U.N. ambassador said Sunday he will ask to speak to the Security Council after Secretary of State Colin Powell presents what the United States says will be new evidence of ...

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, calling Iraq's failure to disarm "a challenge that must be met," predicted today that many nations would fight alongside American forces if the United States went ...

UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, relying on a stream of U.S. intelligence, urged the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to move against Saddam Hussein because Iraq has failed to ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Secretary of State Colin Powell launched a new effort Thursday to broaden the American-led coalition force in Iraq. But he made clear Washington won't cede any authority, as ...

All this morning, we've been hearing voices on the death of Colin Powell. He was a pathbreaking American - the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the first Black secretary of state. He ...

Family members, friends and top government officials gathered Friday to remember the life of Colin Powell, a top military official and former secretary of state. A memorial service was held at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Secretary of State Colin Powell, on the eve of another faceoff at the United Nations over disarming Saddam Hussein, said Thursday the American people should be "prepared for a fairly ...