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We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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