"Colin Powell commands tremendous respect on Capitol Hill."

"Colin Powell commands tremendous respect on Capitol Hill."
Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif.
Ranking Democrat on the House International Relations Committee.
"He had been telling people that he wanted to stay."
Ivo Daalder
A member of President Clinton's National Security Council. Daalder suspects Powell was nudged out the door by the Bush administration.
"It is clear that the day when Ivory Coast is divided in two, it will be imitated by numerous other countries."
Michele Alliot-Marie
French defense minister, who said it was necessary to keep French forces in Ivory Coast to prevent a Rwanda-style massacre.