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Colin Powell Bows Out
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After a few more hours of grilling, Condoleezza Rice received the approval of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, paving the way for her confirmation by the full Senate as Secretary of State tomorrow. Only two of the Committee’s 18 members voted against Rice’s nomination: former Presidential nominee John Kerry and California’s Barbara Boxer, who was among Rice’s toughest questioners over the past two days.

Meanwhile, across town, the man Rice will replace gave his farewell address. Colin Powell leaves with what is widely seen as a diminished reputation after four years under George W. Bush. But he told colleagues at the State Department, in an emotional speech, that “We have much to look back on with satisfaction.”

Hear an excerpt from Powell’s good-bye speech.

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