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	United States of America Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
		Colin Powell was born on April 5, 1937 to Jamaican immigrants, Luther and Maud Powell.
		Powell was nominated as Secretary of State on December 16, 2000 and, after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate, was sworn in as the first African American Secretary of State on January 20, 2001.
		Powell points out he was not with the division at the time of the massacre and cooperated with the inspector generals staff investigator, who asked him to produce the journal for the date of the massacre.
	www.congressionalgoldmedal.com /ColinPowell.htm (2341 words)

	Colin Powell - MSN Encarta
		Colin Powell, born in 1937, United States military leader and secretary of state during the first term of President George W. Bush.
		Powell played a pivotal role in planning and executing the invasion of Panama in 1989 and in the Persian Gulf War (1991).
		Powell’s presentation was controversial at the time and became even more controversial after the leader of the Iraq Survey Group, a U.S. weapons inspection team in Iraq, said in January 2004 that he could not verify the evidence Powell presented concerning weapons of mass destruction.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761556271/Powell_Colin_L(uther).html (698 words)

	Colin Luther Powell - dKosopedia
		Colin Luther Powell (pronounced Coe-lin, born April 5, 1937) is the 65th United States Secretary of State, sworn in on January 20, 2001, and the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States.
		Powell was born in New York City and was raised in the South Bronx.
		Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, during which time he held a variety of command and staff positions and rose to the rank of 4-star General.
	www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/Colin_Powell (1839 words)

	Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
		Colin L. Powell was nominated by President Bush on December 16, 2000 as Secretary of State.
		Secretary Powell was born in New York City on April 5, 1937 and was raised in the South Bronx.
		Secretary Powell is married to the former Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham, Alabama.
	www.whitehouse.gov /government/powell-bio.html (376 words)

	Colin Powell — Infoplease.com
		Powell is married to the former Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham, Alabama.
		Colin Powell, 2002 People in the News - Colin Powell, secretary of state, emerged as the voice of moderation and multilateralism among the...
		Colin Powell: Behind the Myth: The secretary of State is an American hero.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0880273.html (420 words)

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		Powell, as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was one of the key leaders of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the military campaigns to protect Saudi Arabia and liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control.
		Colin Luther Powell was born in 1937 in Harlem, the son of Jamaican immigrants who had both gone to work in New York City's garment district.
		From 1979 to 1981, Powell served the Carter administration as an executive assistant to Charles Duncan, Jr., the Secretary of Energy, and as senior military assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense.
	www.cbn.com /special/blackhistory/bio_colin_powell.aspx (2851 words)

	Colin Powell Summary
		Colin Powell was born in New York City in 1937, and was raised in the South Bronx, in the now-infamous Hunts Point neighborhood.
		Powell was educated in the New York City public schools, and gained a bachelor's degree in geology from City College of New York (attaining a 'C' average, according to his 2006 graduation address at Marymount University).
		Powell wrote: "In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." Later, Powell's assessment would be described as whitewashing the news of the massacre, and questions would continue to remain undisclosed to the public.
	www.bookrags.com /Colin_Powell (5927 words)

	Colin Powell Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Colin Luther Powell was born in Harlem in 1937.
		Powell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was one of the 16,000 military advisors dispatched to South Vietnam by President Kennedy in 1962.
		Powell served as assistant commander and deputy commander of infantry divisions in Colorado and Kansas before returning to Washington to become senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger, whom he assisted during the invasion of Grenada and the raid on Libya.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/pow0bio-1 (1066 words)

	Colin Powell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colin Powell was born in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem in 1937, and was raised in the once-infamous Hunts Point neighborhood of the South Bronx.
		Powell served a tour in Vietnam as a military advisor, and was badly injured when he stepped on a bamboo "punji stick." The massive infection nearly killed him and it shortened his first tour.
		Powell was the subject of controversy in 2004 when, in a conversation with British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, he reportedly referred to neocons within the Bush administration as "fucking crazies"[13].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Colin_Powell (4238 words)

	Powell, Colin L. - Current Biography Illustrated Profile on WilsonWeb
		Powell's role took on new importance in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. on September 11, 2001.
		Colin Luther Powell was born in the Harlem section of New York City on April 5, 1937 to Luther Powell, a shipping clerk in Manhattan's garment district, and Maud Ariel (McKoy) Powell, who worked as a seamstress there.
		Powell, for his part, had stressed in the Foreign Policy article that his views were intended as a set of rough guidelines rather than as a statement of official policy.
	www.hwwilson.com /Databases/cbpowell.htm (4283 words)

	Colin Powell
		Powell's upbringing instilled in him a distinct set of values and beliefs that relate to his views on all current issues, including those concerning race and ethnicity.
		Powell knew Alma was not comfortable with the thought of presidency, and so he declined the bid.
		Powell is helping to change all that by breaking the stereotype of the GOP as a party filled with curmudgeonly old white men.
	sun.menloschool.org /~sportman/ethnic/individual/powell/index.html (1289 words)

	Iraq war must be solved by the Iraq nation, says former Secretary of State Powell
		Retired General Colin L. Powell says decisive force should have been used in the Iraq War, which he now says needs to be solved by the Iraq nation, because the sectarian battle canít be solved.
		Powell said before that talk he met for four days with U. intelligence experts and intelligence that was not multi-sourced was thrown out.
		Powell told about his wifeís advice as he left the house on the first day to be Secretary of State.
	www.hometownsource.com /2006/October/5colinpowell.html (684 words)

	Columns: Colin Powell bamboozled
		Until a few weeks ago, Powell, the nation's first fl secretary of state, had been considered a voice of sanity in an otherwise war-obsessed White House and was a leading advocate of securing U.N. approval for military action.
		Colin Powell's committed to come into the house of the master.
		Powell should not be mystified by Belafonte's allusion to slavery and the era when whites abused fls with impunity.
	www.sptimes.com /2002/10/13/news_pf/Columns/Colin_Powell_bamboozl.shtml (993 words)

	Colin L. Powell - SourceWatch
		Colin L. Powell (General, retired) resigned November 15, 2004, as Secretary of the U.S. Department of State.
		Powell had served in that capacity throughout the first administration of George W. Bush.
		Prior to his appointment as Secretary of State Powell "was the chairman of America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of young people."[1]
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Colin_L._Powell (507 words)

	General Colin L. Powell - Biography
		General Powell was born in New York City on April 5, 1937, and was raised in the South Bronx, New York.
		General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.), is also the author of a best–selling autobiography, My American Journey, which traces his life from his birth to immigrant Jamaican parents in Harlem to his role in advising this country’s four most recent chief executives, Presidents Ronald Reagan, Geoger H. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.
		General Powell is married to the former Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham, Alabama.
	teacher.scholastic.com /barrier/powellchat/bio.htm (483 words)

	Colin Powell: "Army Is Almost Broken" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell said today that the United States is losing what he described as a "civil war" in Iraq and that he is not persuaded that an increase in U.S. troops there would reverse the situation.
		Powell's comments broke his long public silence on the issue and placed him at odds with the administration.
		Powell also agreed with the study group's recommendation that the administration open talks with Syria and Iran as it gropes for a solution to the Iraq problem.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2006/121806J.shtml (948 words)

	Colin L. Powell - Caribbean Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Bio: Secretary of State Colin Powell was born in New York City on 5th April 1937 and was raised in the South Bronx to Jamaican parents Luther and Maud Powell, after emigrating to the United States from Jamaica.
		Colin was educated in the New York City public schools and graduating from the City College of New York (CCNY), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Geology.
		Colin has been a soldier for 35 years, and was a 4-star General.
	www.afiwi.com /caribbean/halloffame/Colin_L._Powell.html (269 words)

	Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Secretary of State Colin L. Powell
		General Colin L. Powell served as the twelfth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, from October 1, 1989 to September 30, 1993, under both President George Bush and President Bill Clinton.
		General Powell was born in New York City on April 5, 1937, and was raised in the South Bronx.
		Among General Powell's civilian awards honoring his public service are two awards of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the President's Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal.
	www.medaloffreedom.com /ColinPowell.htm (771 words)

	The City College of New York :: Colin Powell Gift
		The Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies was established in 1997 through a generous grant from the May and Samuel Rudin Foundation to promote the engagement of City College’s faculty and students in policy studies with a mandate to support research, education and public discussion.
		Colin L. Powell, Founder and Distinguished Scholar of the Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies was born and raised in the South Bronx.
		General Powell was the first African-American and the youngest officer ever to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking officer in the United States military, serving under Presidents George H.W. Bush and William Jefferson Clinton.
	www1.ccny.cuny.edu /advancement/pr/Colin-Powell-Gift.cfm (1070 words)

	Colin (Luther) Powell Biography - Biography.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The son of Jamaican immigrants, Powell was raised in the South Bronx and graduated from the City College of New York.
		Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a series of senior commands and rising to the rank of 4-star General before being appointed Head of the National Security Council by President Reagan in 1987.
		During his tenure, Powell came under fire for his role in building the case for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
	www.biography.com /search/article.jsp?aid=9445708 (375 words)

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		Colin L. Powell Academy opened its beautiful campus in September, 1999, to approximately 1,000 enthusiastic kindergarten through eighth grade students.
		Colin Powell has lush, grassy knolls, an outdoor ampitheater and a newly completed, state of the art, gymnasium and music room..
		The Colin L. Powell Academy staff has dedicated itself to the relentless pursuit of success for all students, faculty, and families -- our community of learners.
	www.lbusd.k12.ca.us /powell (321 words)

	The Avalon Project : Secretary Colin L. Powell Press Briefing 1:42 pm; September 17, 2001
		SECRETARY POWELL: The Taliban, of course, is responding in the way that it always has, that Usama bin Laden and his associates are guests in their country.
		SECRETARY POWELL: I don't know if that is the case that the Pakistanis actually said that and whether they said it in their own name or whose name, but it wasn't in our name.
		SECRETARY POWELL: I can't be certain of where he is. I am reasonably confident and certain that if the Taliban government wanted to find him, they would know where he is, if he is still in Afghanistan, and I have seen nothing to indicate he is not still in Afghanistan.
	www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/sept_11/powell_brief04.htm (2265 words)

	Transcript: Secretary of State Hosts Ramadan Dinner at the State Department
		Secretary of State Colin Powell hosted a Ramadan Iftaar dinner at the State Department on November 18 for American Muslim and Arab American community leaders.
		Powell said the U.S. is committed to building understanding by building hope, "working with our Muslim partners to expand the circle of peace, the circle of prosperity, the circle of freedom."
		Following are Powell's welcome remarks at the November 18 Ramadan Iftaar at the State Department.
	www.usembassyjakarta.org /press_rel/powell_remark.html (1196 words)

	Amazon.com: My American Journey: Books: Colin L. Powell,Joseph Persico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Powell was neither an athlete nor a scholar; his childhood centered around his home, friends, and church.
		Powell's involvement with and analysis of national and international affairs, from Vietnam to the Clinton administration, are succinctly and objectively recounted.
		Powell is man enough to admit his mistakes, for example when he appeared at the United Nations Security Council in February 2003.
	www.amazon.com /My-American-Journey-Colin-Powell/dp/0345407288 (2063 words)

	Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs: General Colin L. Powell will headline the 2006 Distinguished Carlson ...
		Powell has been a leader for most of his life, having led troops as both a military leader-as chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff-and as Secretary of State.
		In his speech, "Leadership: Taking Charge," Powell will talk about what it takes to be a leader during times of great change and great crises.
		Powell's speech is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
	www.hhh.umn.edu /news/headlines/headlines2006/powell.html (438 words)

	Colin L.Powell - U.S. Secretary of State
		After being unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, he was sworn in as the 65th Secretary of State on January 20, 2001.
		Prior to his appointment, Secretary Powell was the chairman of America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of young people.
		Following his retirement, Secretary Powell wrote his best-selling autobiography, My American Journey, which was published in 1995.
	www.us-mission.ch /BIOS/Powell.htm (383 words)

	Secretary of State Colin L. Powell to address WFU graduates May 17
		Powell was sworn in as the 65th secretary of state on Jan. 20, 2001.
		Powell was born in New York City in 1937.
		Powell has received two Presidential Medals of Freedom, the President’s Citizens Medal, the Congressional Gold Medal, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal and the Secretary of Energy Distinguished Service Medal.
	www.wfu.edu /wfunews/2004/010704p.html (413 words)

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