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Article: U.S. Secretary of State Warns against Prolonged Inaction in Dealing with Iraq.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 27, 2003
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By R.C. Longworth, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 27--DAVOS, Switzerland -- On the day before a key UN inspectors' report, Secretary of State Colin Powell went before the world's political and economic elite in this mile-high Swiss resort Sunday to plead America's case for a possible war on Iraq.
"Multilateralism cannot become an excuse for inaction," Powell told the World Economic Forum, where the perceived unilateralism of the Bush administration has taken a beating this past week.
When UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix presents his report Monday, "there will be no great rush to judgment today or tomorrow," ...