Glenn Kessler (journalist) neoconservative propaganda but his reporting turned out to be correct and apologies were later offered. In a lengthy article, Kessler also revealed the Bush administration's internal decision-making that led to the Iraq war. He traveled with three different Secretaries of State – Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton – and for several years wrote a blog about his experiences on those trips. An article he wrote on apparent tensions between Rice and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld during a 2006 trip to Iraq was later denounced by Rumsfeld as "just fairly typical Washington Post stuff." Kessler joined "The Washington Post"
Governmental positions on the Iraq War prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq Colin Powell and a rapprochement was established after the Iraqi regime was overturned. At present the governments of the two nations have agreed to put the Iraq issue behind them and move forward. Turkey originally showed reservations, fearing that a power vacuum after Saddam's defeat might have given rise to a Kurdish state On 1 March 2003 the Turkish parliament failed narrowly to approve a government motion to permit the deployment in Turkey for six months of 62,000 US troops, 255 jet aircraft, and 65 helicopters. In December 2002, Turkey moved approximately 15,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq. The