Conclusion
From: Secretary of State Colin Powell
To: Junior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense
Sent: Sept. 14, 2001
Junior Advisor to Secretary of Defense,
I must commend you on a job well done. The Whitehouse was very impressed by your
presentation and they are implementing some of the lessons that you found in history to
their own plan of action for our nation. I see great promise for you in studying
international relations and just war policy. Hopefully, next time you present something
like this to the Whitehouse it will not be after such a tragic incident as befell us on
September 11. Do not forget to continue to learn more about the reasons and rational
for military action to be pursued and never forget the lessons that can be learned from
making tragic mistakes in international relations. If you keep these lessons in mind you
could become a great statesman someday.
Secretary of State,
Colin Powell
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