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

In short, Colin Powell’s life exemplifies everything ... Its enthusiasts oversell it, and its failures in Vietnam affected Powell’s view of it, but he reveals a less than full understanding ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history ... the child of Jamaican immigrants who grew up in the Bronx, was a hero in Vietnam who upon his return stayed in the military ...