When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

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He had earlier supported the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. Powell served as Reagan's National Security Advisor from 1987–1989. S.

Bush from 2001 to 2005 the first African American to serve in that position. S.