In addition, he demanded the right to call scores of high-level witnesses in his defence, including former American president Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, Britain's prime minister, Helmut Kohl, former Chancellor of Germany, Kofi Annan, the UN General Secretary, and Madeleine Albright, the former American secretary of state.
In the interim, Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, came and went, and failed to achieve even a declaration of a ceasefire.
However, the Israeli forces withdrew 24 hours later after the American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, criticised the operation as "excessive and disproportionate".
In an interview with the BBC, however, Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, refused to commit himself as to whether Mr Hussein could retain power in a disarmed Iraq.
The American secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, became the most senior American to visit Libya since Muammar Qaddafi took over the country in 1969.
Just as the recriminations began, with exquisite timing Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, flew in on the second leg of a Balkan tour (she also took in Bosnia and Kosovo).
ECONOMIST: Hillary Clinton flies in to bump a few heads together
She spent the next month on hunger strike at an airport in the nearby Canary Islands, which belong to Spain, before the Moroccans were persuaded (apparently by Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, among others) to let her back in.
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As far as the commentators are concerned, Olmert's puerile attack on the American secretary of state in the midst of a war shows that the he is still the same prideful, vain, motor-mouth that Israelis have come to know and despise over the past several years.
Relations with the Obama administration in Washington have improved greatly since Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, visited Mexico City last week.
The child of Jamaican immigrants, Powell is in line to become the first African-American Secretary of State.
Yet Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, has taken the lead in censuring him.
Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state, once called this Africa's first world war.
That represents no change in policy, says Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state.
More important, and unlike Mr Pangalos, he gets on well with Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state.
PA. Condoleezza Rice, the American secretary of state, was due to visit this week to urge restraint on Israel.
Condoleezza Rice, the American secretary of state, telephoned both men on April 7th and urged them to make a deal.
But despite calls from Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, for support, so far General Musharraf has not committed himself.
Then Defense Minister, Mr. Sharon met with the American Secretary of State, General Alexander Haig, and his Middle East envoy, Ambassador Habib.
Then, last week, Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state, attended a United Nations conference on Afghanistan with Iran's foreign minister, Kamal Kharrazi.
But Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state, insists that he is a war criminal who must still face an internationally acceptable trial.
Indeed, Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, this week openly acknowledged that Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, was still alive.
This followed another breakthrough last month a short informal encounter between North Korea's foreign minister, Paek Nam-sun, and Colin Powell, the American secretary of state.
Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, pointedly urged across-the-board reform.
Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, said in Delhi in July that credible elections could be a first step toward peace in Kashmir and dialogue with Pakistan.
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Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, endorsed the demand.
Even if Mr Hussein manages to spin things out until winter passes it would not stop an invasion, Colin Powell, the American secretary of state, said on November 21st.
The American secretary of state, Colin Powell, had already been hard at work in Los Cabos, at the ministerial meeting which preceded the summit, lobbying APEC members for their backing.
To that end, Hillary Clinton, the American secretary of state, raised the possibility that the coalition could provide arms for the opposition without needing the cover of a new UN resolution.
To stop India from lashing out, the American secretary of state, Colin Powell, swiftly spoke to General Musharraf and got him to affirm once again that his ban on infiltration is permanent.
He was all smiles when Madeleine Albright, the American secretary of state, dropped in this week on her way to Beijing (where she had talks with Chinese leaders about President Clinton's proposed visit in June).
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