Colin Powell refused to weigh in Sunday on the Kerry vs. Bush military service fracas, but had this to say about U.S. draft policies during the Vietnam era in his 1995 autobiography, "My American Journey."

"The policies determining who would be drafted and who would be deferred, who would serve and who would escape, who would die and who would live, were an anti-democratic disgrace." He went on: "I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well-placed … managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units."

Asked on Fox if Bush's National Guard service fell into that category, Powell said only: "I disagreed with the policies that were in place at that time. I didn't think it was the right set of policies for the challenge the nation was facing. But those are the policies that were in place at that time."

On the connection between Saddam and 9/11:

During a session of "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Powell also said he had no indication there was a direct connection between the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein and those who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks.

The Boston Globe reports: