Secretary Of State No More

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Monday he was resigning, and two senior administration officials told CNN that national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is President Bush's choice to replace him.

In a letter dated Friday, Powell told Bush that, "now that the election is over the time has come for me to step down as secretary of state and return to private life. I, therefore, resign as the 65th secretary of state, effective at your pleasure."

"I will always treasure the four years that I have spent with President Bush and with the wonderful men and women of the Department of State," Powell told reporters. "I think we've accomplished a great deal."

Should Rice's nomination be approved, her top deputy, Stephen Hadley, will be promoted to national security adviser, the senior administration officials said. The nomination could be announced as early as Tuesday.

Well, what do we think of these changes?

Just the facts:

Gen. Colin Powell was a fantastic military officer and leader.
He has also served as a Secretary of State with honor, integrity and dignity. He will be missed in our political infrastructure.

Condoleeze Rice is qualified for the position and has potential. Beyond that we will just have to see.

I don't have too large an opinion on these changes.

Before the left starts screaming that Powell quit because of President Bush, just bare in mind that he always said he was a, "one term man."

I expect there will be many more changes in the Presidents cabinet postions. I personally feel change is good.

Time will tell.

SlagleRock Out!

Posted by SlagleRock at November 15, 2004 06:22 PM