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 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 ...

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.

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 ...

The most notable articulation of policy on use of force came not from Bush, however, but from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell. A Vietnam War veteran, former military ...

The Republican, a former top military officer ... On Twitter, Mr Trump said Colin Powell was "a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars", referring ...