{"id":1297,"date":"2003-05-05T15:54:20","date_gmt":"2003-05-05T15:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comw.org\/pda\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2012-11-03T01:21:41","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T01:21:41","slug":"what-colin-powell-showed-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/what-colin-powell-showed-us\/","title":{"rendered":"What Colin Powell Showed Us: The End of Arms Control and the Normalization of War"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pubPostType\"><a class=\"pdfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/fulltext\/0305br14.pdf\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(printable PDF version)<\/a> <a class=\"htmlLink\" href=\"https:\/\/comw.org\/pda\/0305br14.html\" target=\"_newtab\" rel=\"noopener\">(HTML version)<\/a> <span class=\"varPubSum\">by Carl Conetta. <em>PDA Briefing Report #14<\/em>, 05 May 2003. 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