the veteran told CNN that he had served as a contracting officer in the Army before leaving the military in June 2018. Anthony Maggert. (Facebook/Gen. Colin Powell) Maggert “grabbed the lug ...

Colin Powell was the first African American to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later as U.S. Secretary of ...

A: When war comes and blood is being shed and casualties are being experienced, you really have to start looking for manpower. And by now, it is known that slaves can be soldiers. Free black men ...

Colin Powell and his rise through the ranks of our military. Let me explain why. Born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants, Powell became the U.S.’ first Black national security adviser ...

Former US Secretary of State Colin ... Mr Powell, the only African American so far to have served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined a growing list of former top military ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state.

As members of the Washington elite go, Colin Powell is an exceptionally ... formed his views on the proper use of military power. And, not least, Powell became a White House Fellow, a signal ...