Former Secretary of State skeptical about increasing U.S. troop strength in Iraq.
"I am not persuaded that another surge of troops into Baghdad for the purpose of suppression suppression /sup·pres·sion/ (su-presh´un)
1. the act of holding back or checking.
2. sudden stoppage of a secretion, excretion, or normal discharge.
3. of this communitarian com·mu·ni·tar·i·an
n.
A member or supporter of a small cooperative or a collectivist community.
com·mu violence, this civil war, will work."
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Noun 1. Colin Powell - United States general who was the first African American to serve as chief of staff; later served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush (born 1937)
Colin luther Powell, Powell , who also served as chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, additionally claimed that the U.S. Army is "about broken."
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