Colin Powell resigned as U.S. secretary of state.Powell traveled to the Middle East several times as President Bush’s chief diplomat, working to quell violence in the region and to calm Arab states that were seeking more active U.S. engagement to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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