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The nation, but be as, as they called him a transformational figure, and to -- >> in terms of what happened in 2003, i was struck looking at that timeline today, that he had given that speech in february 2003. in 2004 he left government service. by 2005 he was giving national interviews sort of running his heart over that, and talking about his responsibility, and his great regret for why he did. he did not wait ten years down the road. he was doing that within a matter of months. that feels like a sort of singular tragedy, as i said. but also remarkable personal moment for him as a historical...

The nature of war well enough to be extremely careful about actually committing forces, risking the deaths of the servicemen and women he commanded. that was true in the first gulf war, which ended up being an overall triumph in 1991. and it was true when bush decided to invade iraq in 2001. there's a vivid scene in which colin powell goes to bush and tries as hard as he can to talk him out of this invasion which he thinks is misconceived. finally bush says, okay, i'll take this to the u.n. that's how colin powell ended up on that day in february 2003 in the u.n. delivering a case that iraq ha...

Obama is not ready for prime time. if you and i had to choose one person two weeks before the election of 2008 to vouch for the fact that barack obama would not only protect the nation but be as -- powell called him a transformational figure that took the heart out of the argument. >> in terms of what happened in 2003, i was struck looking back at that timeline today that he had given that speech in february 2003. in 2004, he left government service. by 2005, he was giving national interviews sort of rending his heart over that, talking about how it was his responsibility and great regret for ...

Person two weeks before the election of 2008 to vouch for the fact that barack obama would not only protect the nation but be as -- powell called him a transformational figure that took the heart out of the argument. >> in terms of what happened in 2003, i was struck looking back at that timeline today that he had given that speech in february 2003. in 2004, he left government service. by 2005, he was giving national interviews sort of rending his heart over that, talking about how it was his responsibility and his great regret for what he did. he didn't wait for ten years down the road. he wa...

General paul today, along with all of the first, and there were many of them, there is also the ink pecks tragedy of his time in public lines. his 76-minute long speech on february 2003 to the united nations, in which he made a long detailed, fairly impassioned, and ultimately profoundly false case to the world, that the united states needed to invade iraq. >> every statement i make today is backed up by sources. solid sources. these are not assertions. what we are giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. >> i remember listening to that live when it happened. listening...