Larry King Live - 1999-12-21 (Colin Powell)

Name: Larry King Live - 1999-12-21 (Colin Powell)
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[0:00] NewsHour week night 6:30 Eastern on CNN.

[0:07] >> Tonight, some toutum is the perfect

[0:09] political candidate, but he says his

[0:11] ambition is to keep America's promise to

[0:14] atrisisk kids. He's the former chairman

[0:17] of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired

[0:19] General Powell. He's our guest for

[0:21] the hour. Next on Larry King Live.

[0:25] [Music]

[0:34] Good evening. It's our millennia month

[0:35] and we continue in grand style tonight

[0:37] with General Coen Powell, former

[0:39] chairman of the Joint Chiefs, now

[0:40] chairman of America's Promise, the

[0:42] Alliance for Youth. Couple of notes.

[0:44] Mike Wallace is with us tomorrow. And

[0:46] President Clinton will be here on

[0:48] Thursday night. In the past few years,

[0:50] General Powell and I have become good

[0:52] friends. It's always great to see him

[0:53] and always great to welcome him to Larry

[0:55] King Live. Let's deal with something

[0:56] right in the news and your comment. We

[0:58] have it right here. This has just been

[0:59] released. Worldwide caution terrorist

[1:02] threat released by the State Department.

[1:04] In effect, it's saying don't go

[1:06] anywhere. The United States government

[1:07] believes terrorists may be planning to

[1:09] conduct attacks, including against

[1:10] official and non-official Americans in

[1:12] around the new year period from now

[1:14] through mid January. Warns about

[1:16] overseas travel. What do you make of it?

[1:18] >> Well, I think everybody now has to be

[1:19] cautious. Uh I don't think we should

[1:21] allow terrorists, however, to sort of

[1:24] dominate the whole world and say we're

[1:26] not going to go anywhere because we're

[1:27] worried about terrorist threats. It's

[1:28] time to be prudent in