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in uniform. reporter: after a distinguished 35-year career, powell retired from the army in 1993. ten years later, the united states would become involved in another gulf war and powell again played a key role. my colleagues, every statement i make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. these are not assertions. what we re giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. reporter: then secretary of state powell made a case in front of the u.n. security council arguing that iraq posed a grave threat to the world because they said they had weapons of mass destruction. the following month, the u.s. invasion began. the war lasted more than eight years, no weapons of mass destruction ever turned up. i regret it now because the information was wrong. reporter: after four years as president george w. bush s secretary of state, powell returned to private life. he spent his civilian years empowering youth, promise alliance and the colin powell school
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