Colin Powell claims he was 'fired' by the Bush Administration,
according part of Powell's official biography published in the
Washington Post. Powell and the Bush Administration used the
cover story that Powell resigned of his own accord from his
position as Secretary of State.
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The following is the relevant text of Powell's official
biography published in the Washington Post:
"The president would like to make a change," Card said, using a
time-honored formulation that avoided the words "resign" or
"fire." He noted briskly that there had been some discussion of
having Powell remain until after Iraqi elections scheduled for
the end of January, but that the president had decided to take
care of all Cabinet changes sooner rather than later. Bush
wanted Powell's resignation letter dated two days hence, on
Friday, November 12, Card said, although the White House
expected him to stay at the State Department until his successor
was confirmed by the Senate.
After four long years, Powell had anticipated the end of his
service and sometimes even longed for it. He had never directly
told the president but thought he had made clear to him during
the summer of 2004 that he did not intend to stay into a second
term.
There had been public speculation as the election drew near that
the president might ask the secretary of state to reenlist, at
least temporarily. Powell was still the most popular member of
Bush's team, far more popular with the public than the president
himself. Senior Powell aides were convinced that the secretary
anticipated an invitation to stay, and they were equally certain
that he intended to accept. The approaching elections in Iraq,
hints of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and
the rumored departure of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a
principal Powell nemesis, made the next six months look like a
rare period of promise for diplomacy.
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