A website with tapes and transcript that chronicles the UN's eight year effort to locate chemical and biological weapons in Saddam's Iraq.

General Colin Powell discusses how "The Powell Doctrine" developed from two important principles of war: clear objective and use of necessary and appropriate force to execute that objective. [8:53]

General Colin Powell discusses how the United States balanced the use of sanctions, diplomacy and military force during the First Gulf War. [10:37]

General Colin Powell discusses post 9/11 diplomacy and how the United States came to the conclusion to take military action in Iraq. [7:40]