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Washington -- Random House better hope that Colin Powell has a good memory. Last week the publishers agreed to pay the outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff $6 million for his yet-to-be-written memoirs. However, Powell told Time that he's going to have to rely on memory for some of the details because he never took notes at meetings or kept a journal. For the latter part of his career he does have his secretaries' logs for appointments and telephone calls. Although he'll use a ghostwriter, Powell is learning computer word processing...
...system that allows the Air Force, Navy and Army to talk to one another electronically. During Desert Storm, Air Force pilots couldn't talk by radio, fax or computer to Navy pilots, and ) neither group could communicate directly with Army ground troops. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell has been showing off the device to top brass who visit his office. As a general says, "This is far more important than a new tank or an airplane...
...that 12 years of Republican indulgence has habituated the military to calling its own shots, the President has dreamed of reaffirming civilian leadership over the Pentagon. But his hands have been tied both by his image as a draft dodger and by the popularity and political adroitness of General Colin Powell, the extraordinary Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who virtually dictated the Pentagon's opposition to admitting homosexuals to the armed forces and resisted military involvement in Bosnia. Last week Clinton finally got the chance to take the helm. Two chances, in fact -- one meticulously planned; the other...
Clinton nominated four-star Army General John Shalikashvili, a native of Poland who arrived in America at age 16, to succeed Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In his current post as a NATO commander, Shalikashvili has been critical of U.S. inaction in Bosnia...
Washington -- President Clinton hasn't made a final decision about who will replace GENERAL COLIN POWELL as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but a source close to the selection process has told Time that two candidates have emerged as front runners. Leading the pack is Air Force General George ("Lee") Butler, and for now Marine General Joseph Hoar is holding on to second place. Since Powell and his immediate predecessor have come from the Army and Navy respectively, the normal rotation would suggest that the next Joint Chiefs Chairman be a general, such as Butler, from...