Start Date: Thursday, June 14, 2001
Last Modified: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
End Date: Friday, December 31, 9999
MR. GREGORY: Tomorrow, when they meet for the first time face to face, advisors say Bush will try to allay Putin's concerns. But today, Secretary of State Colin Powell tells NBC News the US is looking for a partner on missile defense, not permission. What is the United States prepared to offer President Putin to get him to go along? SECRETARY POWELL: A more stable strategic relationship. And if they continue to insist that they do not wish to move in this direction, we will have to move anyway.
MR. GREGORY: Tomorrow, when they meet for the first time face to face, advisors say Bush will try to allay Putin's concerns. But today, Secretary of State Colin Powell tells NBC News the US is looking for a partner on missile defense, not permission.
What is the United States prepared to offer President Putin to get him to go along?
SECRETARY POWELL: A more stable strategic relationship. And if they continue to insist that they do not wish to move in this direction, we will have to move anyway.
Colin Powell
NBC's "Nightly News"
Interview by David Gregory
06/15/01