News 5. Powell Dismisses Rumor of His Stepping Down.

News 5. Powell Dismisses Rumor of His Stepping Down. [WORDS] * Secretary of State : (美) 국무장관 * Deputy : a. 부(副)의, 대리의 n. 부관, 대리 * supposedly : ad. 아마도, 추측컨대, 생각컨데 * national security advisor : n. 국가안보보좌관 * beam : v. 방송하다 * substance : n. 내용, 실속, 알맹이 * emerge : v. 나타나다, 등장하다, 떠오르다 * reflect : v. 반영하다, 반사하다 * rash : n. (보통 불쾌한 일 등의) 빈발, 다발(多發) * speculation : n. 억측, 추측, 사색, 투기 * vacancy : n. 결원, 빈자리 -a. vacant * step down : 사임하다 * make a commitment (to) : ..에게 약속하다 * publicize : v. 널리 알리다, 공표/광고하다 * hawkish : a. 강경파의, 매파적인 * engagement : 관여, 개입 * not necessarily : 꼭 ...한 것은 아니다 * prevailing : a. 우세한, 유력한, 주도적인 * conservative : a. 보수적인 * before the fact : 사전(事前)에 ====================================================================================== There was a report today that Secretary of State Colin Powell and his Deputy Richard Armitage were planning to leave their positions with the Bush Administration whether or not the president is reelected. It came out after a conversation Armitage supposedly had with the president's national security advisor. The Bush Administration's reaction was swift. Here's ABC's Kate Snow. On Radio SAWA, a US government broadcast beamed to the Middle East, Secretary Powell said the story has no substance. "It's nonsense. I don't know what they are talking about and this is just one of those stories that emerge in Washington that reflects nothing more than gossip. And the gossip leads to a rash of speculation about who might fill a vacancy that does not exist." Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage called ABC News to say he never talked to National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice about any plans for him or Secretary Powell to step down. He also denied the Washington Post reporting that Powell made a commitment to his wife, Alma, to leave before a second term. Powell is enormously popular. Nearly 80% in recent polls approved of how he's doing his job. But Powell's political future has been the talk of Washington for months, in part, because of well-publicized disagreements with more hawkish members of the administration on everything from Mideast engagement to seeking UN approval for the war with Iraq. "I think that his views are not necessarily the prevailing views of this administration, that this administration is frankly little more conservative than Secretary Powell has been." For all the public comments today protesting that Secretary Powell is not leaving, the irony here is that many in the Bush administration say they do expect he might leave before a second Bush administration. And, Elizabeth, one of the administration officials said to me today if he were going to make that announcement, then, why would he make it now? Seventeen months before the fact. Elizabeth. All right. Kate Snow at the White House. Thanks for that live report.