対イラク武力行使

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/15/powell/index.html

Sources: Colin Powell resigns
Monday, November 15, 2004 Posted: 1504 GMT (2304 HKT)

Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to stay on until his replacement is confirmed, officials say.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has submitted his resignation to President Bush, a senior administration official told CNN.

Powell told his senior staff that he planned to stay on until a replacement was confirmed, State Department officials said.

State Department officials told CNN that Bush and Powell decided mutually that it was time for him to go.

Rumors have swirled about Powell's role in a second Bush administration, but neither the president nor the secretary had spoken publicly about his future.

Last week, when asked if he wanted Powell to stay on to oversee the Mideast peace process Bush told reporters: "I'm proud of my secretary of state. He's done a heck of a good job."

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後任が決まるまで留任とは言ってますが、ブッシュにはすでに腹案があるんでしょうね。大統領の意向を受けての辞任、という見方がとれそうです。後任はすぐに発表されるでしょう。

アラファト亡きあとの中東和平に努めるパウエルを見たかった・・・。