he grew up in the bronx, the son of immigrants. he found his calling in the u.s. military. tonight, what he said, how it felt when he first put on that uniform. two tours in vietnam, rising to four-star general and then the nation s top military leader. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he then served as secretary of state. the first black man to serve in both of those roles. as secretary of state, he made the case for the second invasion of iraq, the weapons of mass destructi destruction. what he told barbara walters about that moment. colin powell worked for four presidents. he put country ahead of party. and tonight, he is being remembered and honored by presidents, diplomats and by the men and women in uniform. martha raddatz, who covered general powell for years, leading us off. reporter: tonight, the nation remembering general colin powell, a trailblazing leader, a diplomat, a soldier, a patriot who served as the first black secretary of state, first black chairman of
up all of his not only nuclear weapons but his weapons of mass destructi destruction. that includes chemical and logic, both of what he has. the chance of him giving up are roughly the same. that s not going to happen either. what we need is some patience and a strategy. well, i guess how much patience. i heard some experts estimating you got to probably give yourself 15 years to fully denuclearize. my question is even if it is some where in between there, what do you promise a year? is there a strategy to make this seem really urgent, what do you make of it? my guess is he s trying to pressurize the kim regime. suppose it is a legitimate tactic in the negotiations. it is not going to work and r l
this is a bad guy who, you know, americans died in iraq because of what he did in terms of encouraging terrorists to come across the border to iraq. he pursued weapons of mass destructi destruction. he s oppressed his own people. if there s a number one guy who ought to be gone, it is him. it would say if the syrianscan get rid of us, why can t we get rid of the crowd in tehran? yesterday at the briefing with dennis mcdonoughcdonough, questions about is libya setting a precedence for syria. the administration doesn t want it to set a precedent. you could turn it into a war with iran. which leads to all other winding roads and forks in the roads that we re not prepared to deal with. it s true. but gadhafi needs to go. what the administration needs to