COLIN L. POWELL

9/3/2014: Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell delivers remarks the Department of State (State Department Photo)

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POSITIONS:

National Security Adviser (1987-1989)
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989-1993)
Secretary of State (2001-2005)

OVERVIEW:

Department of State
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Miller Center
Biography
Academy of Achievement
Wikipedia

RESOURCES:

President Bush George H.W. Bush announces selection of Gen. Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as Vice President Dan Quayle looks on – August 10, 1989 (Bush Library)

George H.W. Bush Oral History (Miller Center)
Booknotes (C-SPAN, 1/7/1996)

ARTICLES:

Joint Chiefs Nomination, 8/10/1989 (NYT, C-SPAN)
Resignation, 10/1/1993 (NYT)
State Nomination, 12/16/2000 (NYT, NYT)
Resignation, 11/15/2004 (NYT, NYT)
Falling on His Sword (WP, 10/1/2006)