Colin L. Powell – U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY

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

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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) — 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)

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Colin Powell4.8.16c — As Secretary of State Colin Powell looks on, President George W. Bush delivers remarks from the Rose Garden Sept. 24, 2001, on the President’s Executive Order regarding United States financial sanctions against foreign terrorists and their supporters. (Photo by Tina Hager, Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library)

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)

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