John Warner of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and provide information on the intelligence, including the basis for Secretary of State Colin Powell's pre-war presentation to the United Nations.

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Mr Holbrooke was drafted to end the Bosnian war in his capacity as America's assistant secretary of state for European affairs.

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As Secretary of State (1947-1949), he devised the Marshall Plan for Europe's post-war reconstruction.

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"This is a moment in which we must seize the opportunity for peace as war rages on, " said Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke, who is mediating the talks.

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Preeminent among these was the decision announced last week that Secretary of State Colin Powell had been authorized by Mr. Bush to seek a UN Security Council mandate for post-war Iraq.

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