new career in the us armed forces. he was general powell, former chairman of thejoint he was general powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs to be sworn in as our nation s top diplomat. after that, he was mister secretary. he gave the state department the very best of his leadership, his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency and the state department loved him for it. one of the things colin powell was known for was the so called powell doctrine. that america should only go to war if a number of tests were met among them. is a vital national security interest threatened? is there a plausible exit strategy? and does the united states have genuine broad international support? thomas fingar is a lecturer at stanford university. he worked with colin powell at the state department between 2001 and 2005. the doctrine was when he was joint chief of staff, chairman of the
plausible exit strategy to avoid endless entanglement stands out as a red flag, warning against the invasions of afghanistan and iraq. powell was secretary of state then and delivered a key speech at the u.n., outlining what turned out to be false intelligence that saddam hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction. every statement i make today is backed up by sources, sold id sources. what we re giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. reporter: powell later told a friend that speech was a black mark on my record that will never go away. but that didn t stop presidential candidates from craving his endorsement, and although he rose to the top under republican presidents, he ended up endorsing two democrats who became president, barack obama and joe biden. norah. o donnell: david martin, thank you. we want to bring in dr. megan
i m going to get you. i m going to take care of you. you don t mess with me and my family. and all but say goodnight forensic evidence found in taglianetti s car. in a case under the driver seat lee a 3:57 revolver. it was wrapped in a print out of his wife s steamy emails. and on the gun itself we had keith s blood not only on the barrel but in the barrel. that was the gun that was pressed up against keith reed s back. and a big surprise found on s a laptop, the prosecution said. an exit strategy. hours before his arrest, rob taglianetti but a one way ticket to israel. his ultimate idea was to get out of the country. but as convincing as the prosecution s case appeared, defense attorney told the jury it was not at all what it seemed. this is a story about manipulation and exploitation. rob taglianetti, he said, was a u. s. marine with a sterling record. a devoted husband who loved his wife and
The Launch Place received 64 applications for its Ninth Annual Big Launch Challenge Pitch Competition from various start-up companies located in the U.S. and abroad.
The Cabinet Secretary delivered a lecture at the University of Newcastle in partnership with the Strand Group to reflect on the year since his appointment.