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Colin Powell's February 3 speech to the United Nations
Powell's Iraq presentation to the U.N. Security Council was on February 5, 2003, not February 3.
Full reasoning
The date in this phrase is off by two days. The United Nations' own press release for Security Council meeting 4701 is explicitly dated 5 February 2003 and states that U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell briefed the Security Council that day on Iraq. A State Department page also refers to Powell's "5 February" presentation at the U.N. Security Council. So the article is describing the right event, but the date should be February 5, 2003 rather than February 3, 2003.
2 sources
- BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, US SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF IRAQ'S FAILURE TO DISARM | UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
SC/7658 — 5 February 2003 ... 'BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, US SECRETARY OF STATE POWELL PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF IRAQ'S FAILURE TO DISARM' ... Security Council 4701st Meeting (AM).
- Interview on World News Tonight With Peter Jennings
Released on June 2, 2003 ... 'As I was getting ready for my 5 February presentations at the United Nations Security Council, I knew that the credibility of the United States was on the line.'