This will come as no surprise, but word has it that the Carlyle Group--the defense-industry related investment firm run by such ex-Bushies as Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, and Frank Carlucci--has been letting Colin Powell know that the firm's doors are open to him should he decide to leave the State Department.

• Author: Threadgill, Susan
• Position: Who's Who

This will come as no surprise, but word has it that the Carlyle Group--the defense-industry related investment firm run by such ex-Bushies as Brent Scowcroft, James Baker, and Frank Carlucci--has been letting Colin Powell know that the firm's doors are open to him should he decide to leave the State Department. That eventuality might come sooner rather than later, considering his continually diminishing position in the Bush administration.

Unnamed senior administration officials have already been quoted as saying that, in the wake of recent bombings in...