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...Those who came to observe or participate in confirmation hearings for Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell; Christine Todd Whitman, Bush's choice for EPA administrator; Mel Martinez, the HUD secretary-designate; or Treasury hopeful Paul O'Neill were treated to a day of friendly banter occasionally interrupted by the odd probing question. Those who sat in on John Ashcroft's continuing saga before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on the other hand, witnessed another scene altogether, one marked by harsh repudiation and angry retorts...
...finally, General Colin Powell essentially moved through a receiving line of welcoming senators on the Foreign Relations Committee, many of whom stayed after the hearings to shake the secretary of state-designate's hand and mingle around him like star-struck teenagers. There were a few pointed questions about Powell's take on committing U.S. troops and national missile defense, but for the most part, the queries sounded more like valedictories. "Without question, General Powell's experience at the highest levels of government... makes him well qualified to be secretary of state," enthused Senator Joe Biden. No one doubts Powell...
...relatively muted, recognition among the GOP's foreign policy grownups that the longstanding embargo of Cuba may no longer be serving the U.S. national interest, if that interest includes influencing events in a post-Castro scenario. Publicly, of course, they'll all hold the line. Secretary of State-designate Colin Powell on Wednesday dutifully upheld the embargo during his confirmation hearing, even though he'd previously concluded at the end of his own book that it was time to end the Cold War isolation of Cuba. Indeed, a number of the Republican foreign policy heavyweights introduced by Bush...
...BLUE] Colin Powell SECRETARY OF STATE Moderate and cautious on foreign issues, an advocate for children and minorities at home, he could be the Cabinet's social conscience...
...Colin Powell has certainly proved himself a national security administrator whose track record inspires immense confidence, and he goes into the job bearing a lot more experience and gravitas than his predecessor did (after all, the man has given his name to a foreign policy doctrine even before taking office). But U.S. foreign policy right now cries out for visionary strategic leadership, and that's an entirely new challenge, which may test qualities the American hero has yet to reveal...