Posted on 07/04/2009 7:03:18 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time.
In an interview to be aired Sunday on CNN, the former secretary of state says he's worried about the huge national debt that's piling-up.
Powell says that while the needs of the people must be met, the size of the government, and the tax burden, need to be kept as small as possible.
He says the president has to start taking a "very, very hard look" at the cost of all he wants to do and at whether the bureaucracy that'll be created will be effective.
Powell says he talks with the president from time to time and has expressed his concerns to the administration.
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