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Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004 5:47 p.m. EDT
Powell to Skip GOP Convention
Traditionally, Cabinet officials do not speak at the conventions – or other campaign events. Secretary of State Colin Powell will not break the unwritten rule despite his status as the most popular Republican in the country, according to the Washington Post.
"As secretary of state, I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion or form in parochial, political debates; I have to take no sides in the matter," Powell told the Unity: Journalists of Color Convention last week.
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In a recent NBC-Wall Street Journal poll, Powell was viewed favorably by 69 percent of respondents – compared with 49 percent for President Bush and 39 percent each for Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
During the convention, Powell may spend some of the time on vacation and perhaps catching up on travel to non-hot spots, according to State Department officials.
Rumsfeld and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice also will be no-shows at the New York convention.
"By tradition and custom, the national security adviser does not actively participate in campaign or political events," said Sean McCormick, a National Security Council spokesman.
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