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...puts it, "of a black kid of no early promise from an immigrant family of limited means who was raised in the South Bronx and somehow rose to become the National Security Adviser to the President of the United States and then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.'' Colin Powell embodies the American Dream; in this age of the anti-politician, Colin Powell has good reason to hope he could be the American Dream candidate...
...experience that taught him lifelong lessons about the relationship between civilian leaders and their soldiers. The third section deals with the Gulf War, including Powell's sometimes heated relationship with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and why the Bush team did not continue the battle until Saddam was toppled. Finally, Colin Powell muses about the presidency and what he thinks is ailing America today...
...Schwarzkopf said, in his private office, and he was taking as much heat as I was. "You're pressuring me to put aside my military judgment out of political expediency. I've felt this way for a long time!" he said. Suddenly, his tone shifted from anger to despair. "Colin, I feel like my head's in a vise. Maybe I'm losing it. Maybe I'm losing my objectivity...
Retired General Colin Powell met with TIME's editor for politics John F. Stacks and chief political correspondent Michael Kramer for his first on-the-record interview about his possible run for the presidency...
After he was gone, Cheney brought up our earlier meeting with the President. "Colin," he said, "you're Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. You're not Secretary of State. You're not the National Security Adviser anymore. And you're not Secretary of Defense. So stick to military matters." He made clear that I had taken liberty for license. I was not sorry, however, that I had spoken out at the White House. What I had said about giving the military clear objectives had to be said...