POL - Powell cuts Allbright's security detail from six to two months

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She's Caught Off Guard

Apparently, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell has quickly made the world a safer place. So he cut the security detail of his predecessor, Madeleine K. Albright, from the maximum six months Congress had allowed to two months -- ending March 20.

Security folks felt the threat had subsided, a department official said. But there was buzz that some security folks thought the move a bit premature.

-- Anonymous, April 02, 2001


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