Powell has denied the discussion of his leaving as "gossip."

The interesting thing is that this is Powell's finest hour. No one is talking about how the State department has gotten North Korea to agree to multi-lateral talks and has ended the nuclear showdown.

It is quite simply a testament to common sense and the power of diplomacy. Cheney and Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and Scooter, etc, take note.

Thankfully, the daily reports of soldier's deaths in Iraq have stop and it looks like the security for our men and women is improving.