I wouldn't say this anymore.
Powell had Armitage as his right hand man. Armitage is like that whiner Anthony Zinni. Bitching and moaning that things were not done his way ever since he left office. Hey, dumbshit, you are there to do the president's bidding, not MAKE foreign policy.
Powell was constantly looked at by our most vile enemies, the MSM, as the voice of "moderation" in the administration. There was a reason for that, and it ain't all good.
FWIW, both Powell and Condi are infinitely better than the retards serving during the Clinton Year. Warren Christopher? Cankles Albright? Yikes.