I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the ones who attacked the United States of America on 9/11.
![I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the ones who attacked the United States of America on 9/11.](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/colin-powell/i-recommended-to-the-president-george-bush-that-our-focus-had-to-be-on-al-qaida-the-taliban-and-afghanistan.jpg)
I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the ones who attacked the United States of America on 9/11.