Colin Powell

(noun)

An American statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army; the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, and the first African-American to serve in that position.

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Examples of Colin Powell in the following topics:

  • The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    • Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, as well as U.S.
    • Others, like Secretary of State Colin Powell, a highly respected veteran of the Vietnam War and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were more cautious about initiating combat.
    • Despite Blix’s findings and his own earlier misgivings, Powell argued in 2003 before the United Nations General Assembly that Hussein had violated UN resolutions.

  • Clinton and Foreign Policy

    • Senator Sam Nunn, and retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell to Haiti.

  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • In 1987, when Associate Justice Louis Powell retired, Reagan nominated conservative jurist Robert Bork to the high court.

  • The Madison Presidency

    • Painting by William Henry Powell, 1873.

  • The War in the North

    • Powell shows Perry transferring to a different ship during the battle.