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| Former Secretaries of State Albright, Powell blast Trump on Russia, family separations |
| 2018-10-08 |
| [CNN] Former Secretaries of State Madeline Albright and Colin Powell criticized President Donald Trump's handling of US foreign relations in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN, with Albright slamming what she called Trump's "kinship" with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Powell calling for the US to "speak firmly with respect to Russian actions" and to end family separations. When asked on "Fareed Zakaria GPS" about whether she had ever seen another president say things that contradict his administration's policy towards another country the way Trump has done with regard to Russia, Albright said she had not. "And the decision-making process simply does not work," Albright said. "The President goes and does his own thing, then somebody says, 'He meant to say' ..." |
| Posted by:Anomalous Sources |
| #13 IIRC it was he who convinced Bush I to end the war on the 100th hour rather than finishing off Saddam's army. Something the people of Iraq paid for in the next ten years. |
| Posted by: P2kontheroad 2018-10-08 19:08 |
| #12 Guided to the top, to include a six month assignment as Commander, US Army FORCES Command. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-08 15:10 |
| #11 Colin Powell is one of the biggest disappointments I've seen in politics and there have been quite a few. Perfumed Prince of the Pentagon first, last and always. To get from Colonel to the lofty Land of the Generals requires strong backing -- mostly it confirms that the person is a political animal. I was underwhelmed when I saw his appointment to SecState and have become progressively disenchanted with him as the years roll by. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-10-08 14:39 |
| #10 Aldumb is still alive or is it just a replicant of short duration? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-10-08 11:04 |
| #9 The Progs are in serious need of new material.> Not to mention new people. The progs are nothing more than a cabal of elderly marxist loving losers followed by the snowflake sheeple of academia. Colin Powell is one of the biggest disappointments I've seen in politics and there have been quite a few. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-10-08 10:25 |
| #8 ...Powell, who served in the George W. Bush administration,... This morning Woodrow submitted the Mediaite take on this story, which describes the former secretary of state as a Republican. But Mr. Powell endorsed and voted for Barack Obama in both 2008 and 2012, suggesting that his heart has not belonged to the Republicans for a very long time. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-08 10:04 |
| #7 "Well, Hilarity was a full suit." Well, Hilarity was a full of s FIFY Skid |
| Posted by: Warthog 2018-10-08 09:19 |
| #6 Well, Hilarity was a full suit. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2018-10-08 09:15 |
| #5 FrankG is right, Trump has really shown these too up (and Hillary of course) as empty suits. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2018-10-08 08:16 |
| #4 Two failures |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-08 07:09 |
| #3 Remember when Powell said that Cuba's Castro had "done some good things". Uh, yeah, o.k., Colin. |
| Posted by: Clem 2018-10-08 05:48 |
| #2 Illegals are what has "kept us alive"? Abraham Lincoln might not have agreed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-08 03:23 |
| #1 Illegals are what has "kept us alive"? Powell is a sub-moron. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-10-08 00:31 |