| | Scoop: US Secretary of State Colin Powell Resigns (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | I just offered my resignation and I would expect to act fully as Secretary of State until the day that I do leave, and I suspect that will be a number of weeks or a month or two as my replacement goes through the confirmation process. |
 | | SECRETARY POWELL: We have to make sure that we continue to pursue the global war against terror, we have to consolidate the very significant gains we've seen in Afghanistan, and we have to make sure we defeat this insurgency in Iraq. |
 | | SECRETARY POWELL: With respect to the first question, I'm still the Secretary of State, and as President Bush has made it clear, I operate with his full authority. |
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