In an appearance on Larry King Live on November 15, 2010, former Secretary of State Colin Powell “said that previous decisions–including U.S. and allied forces’ military approach to Afghanistan in the years right after September 11–should be looked back at critically. ‘Maybe we should have considered some years ago that the light footprint we had in the early years (to 2003) was not adequate,’ said Powell… ‘I think we might have been better served by a larger footprint earlier.’ ”
– “Powell: Obama failed to focus on what’s ‘most important,'” CNN.com, Nov. 16, 2010