Verbatim: Sep. 1, 2003

"The end of the road map is a cliff that both sides will fall off of." COLIN POWELL, Secretary of State, on the precariousness of the Bush Administration's road map for peace after a cease-fire between Arabs and Israelis ended with deadly fighting

"Sharing the burden and responsibility in a world of equal and sovereign nations also means sharing information and authority." MICHEL DUCLOS, France's deputy ambassador to the U.N., rebuking Colin Powell's lobbying of the Security Council to pass a resolution urging major countries to send troops to help establish order in Iraq and operate under U.S. control

"I think...

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