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...Colin Powell is more than just a prominent Black figure. He is a living embodiment of the American success story. The son of Jamaican immigrants, General Powell never acquired the cachet of West Point or Annapolis (the military's Ivy League). Instead, he graduated from the City College of New York and went on to become a war hero in Vietnam. He is the first Black man to be appointed Head of the Joint Chiefs. Think about that for a second--what it must be like to be the first Black anything in this country. Whether you're the first...
Then-president George Bush more or less brushed them off. He knew Bosnia failed the Colin Powell Test; it resembled Vietnam more than Kuwait. But candidate Bill Clinton needed-to differentiate himself from Bush on foreign policy. During the campaign, in a major address, Clinton called for an activist policy of U.S. military involvement in the Balkans...
...writing to respond to the various members of the Harvard gay and lesbian community who have criticized the choice of General Colin Powell as the primary Commencement day speaker. First, I wish to express my sympathy to any group that must endure the constant burden of discrimination and oppression. I think almost anyone would agree that this nation was founded on the principle that intolerance of any kind should be battled indefatigably until it is defeated. At least, in a perfect world, that is the ideal. At the same time, however, it is counterproductive if victims of discrimination lash...
...Colin Powell, when the pressure was at its highest, didn't fail. He achieved the kind of success of which legends are made. He won a war for America. From the humblest of beginnings, he has gone on to become a figure who should be lionized in our history books (though I have a sneaking suspicion that, thirty years from now, schoolchildren will be taught that Schwartzkopf was a hero and Powell will be an historical footnote, if he's lucky...
...always liked General Colin L. Powell. As chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and throughout his distinguished military career, he has been an impressive role model of both achievement and moral integrity...