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Laura Ingraham hosted former Secretary of State Colin Powell, author of "It Worked For Me". Powell said he won't offer an opinion on whether President Obama should have a terror kill list. He doesn't know why people would leak this...  

Fort Campbell, KY – Exemplary leadership is a key aspect of military service, and one former Secretary of State Colin Powell learned while 2nd ... “Each story has a little profundity to it … I wrote it to be short, interesting, and ...  

Last week, just three days after a national poll showed that a majority of Americans support gay marriage, Colin Powell announced on CNN ... one's support for the Civil Rights Act in 1975. A little history is in order. Shortly after taking ...  

Former Secretary of State and Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell discussed his new book in front of ... in 1976 and stopped by to talk with soldiers there earlier in the day. He said many of his experiences there are featured in the book.  

Kirchick: Last week, just three days after a national poll showed that a majority of Americans support gay marriage, Colin Powell announced on CNN that he, too, backs equal rights for gays. Or, to be more precise, that he has “no problems with it,” an endorsement with all the enthusiasm of the person who agrees with legalizing drugs but has no taste for dope.  

Powell clearly believes that many sacrifices in Iraq were avoidable. As he writes, "We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice of war," but alas, he points out, President George W. Bush "crossed the line in ...  

The Salon@615 series gets newsy this week, with Colin Powell in conversation with former Newsweek editor and best-selling Andrew Jackson biographer Jon Meacham. The retired… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]  

We’ve collected the books debuting on Indiebound’s Indie Bestseller List for the week ending May 27, 2012–a sneak peek at the books everybody will be talking about next month. (Debuted at #3 in Hardcover Fiction) Canada by Richard Ford ...  

General Colin Powell said on Wednesday that he supports gay marriage, representing a turning point for the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “I have no problem with it,” Powell told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview. “In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people [...]‘’  

General Colin Powell said on Wednesday that he supports gay marriage, representing a turning point for the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "I have no problem with it," Powell told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in an interview. "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should...  

The Great Ronald Reagan, who carried 44 states in 1980 and 49 states in 1984 could ‘probably’ get elected today so-called Republican Colin Powell, who endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 says in an interview with Jay Leno. Powell also believes to get anything done today, we must compromise. 'we must listen to the other guy'...not attack. (2 videos)  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will speak about his new book at 7 p.m. Wednesday at ... Donors get a free T-shirt and are entered to win a Gibson guitar. To learn more, visit redcrossblood.org. The Nashville Zoo at Grassmere will host ...  

Colin Powell says he's not prepared to endorse Barack Obama again, as he did during the 2008 campaign. But for the moment, it seems as if Powell has a thumb on the scale in the president's favor.  

Colin Powell says he's not prepared to endorse Barack Obama again, as he did during the 2008 campaign. But for the moment, it seems like Powell has a thumb on the scale in the president's favor. In separate television interviews as he promotes ...  

In his Mother's Day story on May 13, Kevin Cuneo wrote about Mary and Ron Huff, who raised four children and served as foster parents to 36 youngsters (four of whom the Huffs adopted). Parents can feel overwhelmed in taking care of their own ...  

Sec. Colin Powell, why now? Now, more than nine years after telling the United Nations — and the world — that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, he admits in his new book and on the accompanying book tour, that seemed to kick in high gear ...  

Sec. Colin Powell, why now?  

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the ...  

Aaron Klein is back to his out-of-context Obama-bashing shenanigans in a May 24 WorldNetDaily article, in which he claims that "President Obama took an apparent racial swipe at Colin Powell in a 1994 NPR interview in which he implied the four-star general is acceptable to 'white America.'"It's clear, however, that Obama was not targeting Powell in his NPR "interview" -- in fact, it was a commentary -- but Charles Murray, who had just published...  

Bush, declined to endorse U.S. President Barack Obama for re-election ... but Powell stopped short of giving him an official endorsement in the upcoming election. Powell endorsed Obama for president in 2008, calling him a transformational figure who ...  

Colin Powell's mea culpa — and a nagging questionPhiladelphia InquirerIt's also his sad duty to acknowledge — finally, after nine years of silence — that the pro-war lobby within the Bush administration essentially traded on his image of rectitude when it trotted him out in front of the United Nations, six weeks before ...Watson: Colin Powell, a day late and many lives lostTimes Record Newsall 3 news articles »  

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the ...  

Wolf Blitzer just teased his new interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who expressed that he has “no problem” with marriage equality: BLITZER: You were Chairman of the Joint Chiefs when you installed the Don’t Ask, Don’t ...  

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, whose 2008 endorsement provided a big boost to candidate Barack Obama, is declining to endorse the president for re-election, at least for now. "I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military," Powell said ...  

ASSOCIATED PRESS Enlarge WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this time.  

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of ...  

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the ...  

'It Worked For Me': Life Lessons From Colin PowellKERA NewsBy editor Colin Powell, then chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff under George HW Bush, makes a point about the entrenched Iraqi troops in Kuwait during a briefing at the Pentagon in January 1991. US Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses the UN ...  

Colin Powell, a former GOP secretary of state & head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who opposed an end to 'Don't Ask Don't Tell,' told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he has 'no problem' with gay marriage.  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is not yet ready to endorse President Barack Obama for another term in office, after supporting him in 2008, and is "still "listening" to what opposing candidate Mitt Romney has to say.  

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's backing Obama ...  

WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's backing Obama ...  

Jennifer Rubin accuses Colin Powell of political opportunism for hedging on whether to renew his endorsement of Barack Obama.  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday in an interview with CNN that he supports same-sex marriage. However, he has yet to signal his support for President Obama, whom he endorsed in 2008.  

Powell clearly believes that many such sacrifices in Iraq were avoidable. As he writes, "We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice of war," but alas, he points out, President George W. Bush "crossed the line ...  

Two weeks after President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that he has "no problem with it." Powell, who is doing a series of television interviews to ...  

In 1993, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell was among those who supported the proposal enshrine the military’s ban on gays in the military under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” It wouldn’t be until 2007 when he would begin to say that he thought the ban should be revisited, and he waited [...]  

Click here to view this media While I'm no fan of former Secretary of State Colin Powell after the role he played with misleading our country into invading Iraq, I was glad to see someone finally take Sean Hannity to task for his obsession with Bill Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Colin Powell Throws Wet Blanket On Hannity's Obsession With Rev. Wright And Bill Ayers: Former Secretary of State Colin Powell tonight threw a wet blanket on...  

Click here to view this media As Think Progress noted, you can add former Secretary of State Colin Powell to the list of political figures who have followed President Obama's lead and come out in favor of marriage equality this week. Powell appeared on CNN's the Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer this Wednesday and said he has "no problem with it" and did not see any reason that gay people should not be allowed to be married. BLITZER: I remember...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell supports same-sex marriage — and he doesn’t necessarily believe the issue should be left up to states. “I have no problems with it,” Powell, who served under George W. Bush, says in an interview ...  

Two weeks after President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that he has "no problem with it." Powell, who is doing a series of television interviews to ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday criticized Mitt Romney’s foreign policy stance, particularly when it comes to the presumptive GOP nominee’s statement earlier this year that Russia is the “number one geopolitical foe” of the United States. Read full article >>  

Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell told Wolf Blitzer today in an interview that he backs Obama's endorsement of same-sex marriage: "I have no problem with it...As I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN Wednesday that he had "no problem" with gay marriage, but after a week of talk show appearances he's made it clear he's still not ready to endorse its latest champion, Barack Obama. The Republican famously, and somewhat surprisingly, backed him in 2008. Supporting gay marriage is also a change for Powell, who had officially been opposed to it for years. But he made it clear while, promoting his...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell became the latest public official to back gay marriage on Wednesday. "I have no problem with it," he said on CNN, "and it was the Congress that imposed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, though it was certainly my ...  

Colin Powell not ready to endorse Obama for re-election  

Talking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, former Secretary of State General Colin Powell revealed he agrees with President Obama’s stance on same-sex marriage: “I have no problem with it…As I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in partnerships with loved ones, and they are as stable a [...]  

CNN lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer sat down with former Secretary of State Colin Powell to discuss his new book and ... I don't think they want to see the day of the Taliban to return, and certainly not with Mullah Omar in charge.  

With continuing apologies for all today's tech issues, here's the clip of former Secretary Of State (and former Joint Chiefs Chairman) Colin Powell speaking to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about gay marriage and DADT. Asked if he sides with President Obama in su...  

MSNBC - Found 3 hours agoAs General Colin Powell makes the rounds touting his new book on leadership, he uses his vast experience in the military and the state department to take aim at Mitt Romney's poor grasp of foreign policy. And he does it on Fox News. MSNBC’s Martin Bashir gets the last word. (The Last Word) Colin Powell backs same-sex marriage but makes no presidential campaign endorsement - CBS News...  

Here’s a little rundown of some highlights from this week so far: Former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell supports marriage equality. Powell made the remarks in an interview taped for CNN’s The Situation ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that he’s not ready to endorse President Barack Obama’s reelection, as he’s also considering Mitt Romney, a “good man” he’s known for years. “I don’t want to throw my weight ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who crossed party lines to support Barack Obama four years ago, is not ready to offer an endorsement this year.  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has so far declined to repeat his 2008 endorsement of President Barack Obama, says the economy is the “defining issue” of this year’s election and blames both parties for not doing more to improve it.  

Two weeks after President Barack Obama declared his support for gay marriage, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday that he has "no problem with it." Powell, who is doing a series of television interviews to promote a new book, endorsed Obama in the 2008 election but hasn't said who he'll back this year. Like Obama, Powell spoke of personal connections in forming...  

Colin Powell Rebukes Republican Charge that Russia Is an Adversary; Defense, Foreign Policy Circles Send Romney a Message During three television interviews yesterday as part of a book tour, Gen. (Ret.)...read more  

With continuing apologies for all today's tech issues, here's the clip of former Secretary Of State (and former Joint Chiefs Chairman) Colin Powell speaking to CNN's Wolf Blitzer about gay marriage and DADT. Asked if he sides with President Obama in supporting legal same-sex nuptials, Powell ...  

Colin Powell has often been cited as among the most-admired leaders in America. Hence it’s been news this week that he followed President Obama in endorsing same-sex marriage. But is Powell really a leader, much less one worthy of admiration? It’s worth a glance back at his record in this election year as the nation discusses the attributes it seeks in a leader and contemplates what moral leadership really looks like.  

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell tonight threw a wet blanket on Sean Hannity's longtime obsession with attacking President Obama over Reverend Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers. During an interview with Powell on his Fox News show, Hannity ...  

But I don't see Brent Scowcroft doing that, I don't see Colin Powell doing that, I don't see Greg Mankiw doing that, I don't see Marty Feldstein doing that, I don't see Gail Wilensky doing that, I don't see Bob Dole doing that, I don't see Jack ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time...  

On Tuesday night, former Secretary of State Colin Powell paid a visit to Sean Hannity. While Powell’s refrained from making an endorsement in this general election cycle, Hannity recalled his 2008 endorsement of President Barack Obama, and said he didn ...  

Former US secretary of State Colin Powell had praise but no endorsement Tuesday for President Barack Obama, saying he plans to "keep my powder dry" as he weighs whom to back in November's election. Powell, himself once was widely touted as a prospect for ...  

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's backing Obama ...  

WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday downplayed the fact that former Secretary of State Colin Powell won't commit to endorsing President Barack Obama again. But that didn't stop Carney from running through all of the ...  

An enigmatic GOP figure and a former chair of the military’s Joint Chief of Staff and Cabinet member, Powell turned the tables around causing a stir in the Republican Party, when he endorsed Barack Obama instead of Senator John McCain in the ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. Pressed to say why he was holding back on giving ...  

Colin Powell has yet to support President Barack Obama or his ... “What we got as soon as General Powell retired was this vicious mid- and low-level officer feedback where they–for a year or so–made it worse than it had been before,” Mr. Clinton ...  

Powell also declined on Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff and ...  

The moderate Republican famously backed Barack Obama in 2008, but this year, so far, he has shied away from endorsing the president — or the GOP nominee Powell is clearly leaning toward Obama: If Powell's not ready to re-endorse Obama, "he doesn't seem ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will begin a book tomorrow, May 22, for his new memoir It Worked For Me—In Life and Leadership.  The tour –May 22 through June 20--will take Powell to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, DC, Fort ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time.  

Journalists are doing their best to get the seasoned Washington veteran off message.  

President Obama took an apparent racial swipe at Colin Powell in a 1994 NPR interview in which he implied the four-star general is acceptable to “white America.” In the same interview, Obama advocates that the government should provide jobs for every citizen and prenatal care for all women. Obama in 1994 was a community organizer and lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. WND unearthed an Oct. 28, 1994, interview the future...  

NEW YORK -- Colin Powell said Wednesday that he supports same-sex marriage. "I have no problem with it," Powell said in a CNN interview. "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to ...  

Gen. Colin Powell today told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he had no problem with gay marriage. The interview will be televised later today on CNN's "The Situation Room." "I have no problem with it," Colin Powel said in the interview....  

Instead, the Obama Administration works overtime to appease gays, women, immigrants and other groups, with full understanding that the black community has given their dire loyalty with little to no expectations.  This is not the Colin Powell approach to ...  

POWELL: I’ve noticed that ... Romney has not sought advice from his party’s old internationalist wing, much of it, like James Baker III, admittedly long in the tooth. Instead, he’s relying most heavily on the very folks who lied us into two ...  

One of the nation’s most beloved soldiers came out in favor of gay marriage Wednesday. Retired Gen. Colin Powell said in a CNN interview he has gay friends and has “no problem” with same sex couples tying the knot.  

"In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage ... that marriage could be considered a federal issue as well. “I don’t see any reason not to say that [same-sex couples] should be able to get married ...  

Colin Powell, who previously recommended the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy has now come out in support of marriage equality. During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Colin says that he has no problem with it. This comes after President ...  

Retired Gen. Colin Powell, once a foe of gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, has embraced same-sex marriage and says he support’s President Obama’s pro-marriage equality stand. As with Obama, and many others, the former Secretary of State and four-star general told CNN that his opinion evolved as a result of personal contact with same-sex partners and parents. “But, as I’ve thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who...  

From CNN: Gen. Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN's "The Situation Room" that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level. Click here to read the complete CNN post.  

Though he believes President Obama has had several significant achievements, on Tuesday Gen. Colin Powell stopped short of giving him an official endorsement in the upcoming election.  

Colin Powell, who join the army as a young man and went on ... to get things done for you and let them do the things they can do and you try to stay a little bit above it. As I said to you, President Reagan was sort of a level of aggregation ...  

Powell's evolution also looks much more like the one the country itself is going through—an evolution that seems more inevitable every day. Adam Serwer is filling in while Kevin is on vacation.  

The former secretary of state spoke to graduates on May 4, 2012.  

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Meeting Colin Powell. McLean has a chance to get up close and personal with one of its best-known neighbors in two weeks. Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, a McLean resident, has written a new book and he's doing a book signing in downtown McLean.  

We’re going to destroy him’?” “I wasn’t out to destroy him,” Hannity insisted. “I was critical about Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright.” “Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright are just passing things,” “I mean, it’s ancient history now.  

 Unless you're into theocracy, why wouldn't this be your position? "I have no problem with it.  In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country...  I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that...  

White House spokesman Jay Carney said he hopes that retired Gen. Colin Powell will endorse Mr. Obama again, particularly because of his work on national security — in remarks that came after Mr. Powell demurred when asked on NBC’s “Today ...  

Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. Colin Powell appears to be wavering on whether he'll endorse President Obama again this year as he did in 2008, when he ruffled the feathers of his own party by hailing the then first-term senator as a ...  

And so I don’t see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married." And this is coming from a guy who supported the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy, so we KNOW the world's view of same-sex marriage, and the LGBT ...  

As a retired four-star general who served under four different presidential administrations, Colin Powell has earned his place as a revered and beloved public figure. In "It Worked For Me," he delves into his experience to expound on the wisdom and ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama two years ago, when he called Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say whether he's backing Obama, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff demurred Tuesday.  

Don't Tell,' though it was certainly my position and my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred, as you'll recall. But as I've thought about gay marriage, I know a lot of friends who are individually gay but are in ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn't ready "to throw my weight behind someone" at this time. The former chairman of the military's Joint Chiefs ...  

who served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush made headlines four years ago when he endorsed Barack Obama for president. During an interview on "Today," Powell says he's not quite ready to throw his support behind anyone yet."  

like the recently defeated Senator Dick Lugar of Indiana or the retiring Olympia Snowe of Maine, within this current, brinksmanship luring, Tea Party led Republican Party; where the word 'compromise' is a four-letter-word because no one can ...  

It's fair to say Powell was wrong about Obama, wrong about Obama's relationship with terrorist Bill Ayers, wrong about Palin, wrong about how Obama would handle the economy and wrong about how Obama would unite Americans. So now, Powell isn't so ...  

Washington – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this time. The former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Cabinet member under President George W. Bush demurred when [...]  

He declined to run, but cited history as one of the reasons he supported Obama, whom he called a “transformational figure.” Powell recently defended Obama against those who questioned the President’s birth certificate, yet he is still ...  

Why not just come out right now and throw your weight behind somebody ... who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush, made some headlines four years ago when he endorsed Barack Obama for president. He's out with a brand ...  

Asked whether he thought President Obama was still that figure, Powell said yes, “not completely,” but enough. “He took us out– not completely out– took us out of the biggest problem at the time [of his election], the economy collapsing.”  

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2012)--Former Secretary of State Colin Powell so far is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Mr. Obama "a transformational figure." Pressed in a network interview to say ...  

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the...  

Everyone knows the old adage: bad news, unlike wine, doesn’t get better with time. I am going to quote at length from Colin Powell's article The Daily Beast: You can’t make good decisions unless you have good information and can separate facts from opinion and speculation. Facts are verified information, which is then presented as objective reality. The rub here is the verified. How do you  

Colin L. Powell served as the Secretary of State under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005.Chaos in BaghdadOn the evening of Aug. 5, 2002, President Bush and I met in his residence at the White House to discuss the pros and cons of the Iraq crisis. Momentum within the administration was building toward military action, and the president was increasingly inclined in that direction.I had no doubt that our military would easily crush a...  

Colin Powell wants us to admire him ... If they’re not, then you’ve got even more serious problems." Notice Mr. Powell's little syntactical magic trick here -- the substitution of the word "the leader" for "I." He's describing what a ...  

Colin Powell endorses gay marriage. Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: equal rites ,colin powell ,poll  

I interviewed Colin Powell exclusively for the next issue of Forbes Magazine. You might know Colin Powell as a retired four-star general in the United States Army, but he?s also one of the foremost business leaders and speakers in the world. General Powell has earned numerous military, civilian, and foreign honors. He has served four ...  

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama two years ago, when he called Obama “a transformational figure.” Pressed in a network interview to say whether he’s backing ...  

Many years ago I was the warden—the senior lay­person—of a small suburban Episcopal church in northern Virginia. During that time, the bishop assigned to our parish an elderly priest, in some kind of distress and in need of a parish, to serve as an ...  

Former Bush administration Secretary of State Colin Powell writes in a forthcoming book that Pres. George W. Bush’s top security advisers never met to discuss the invasion of Iraq, according to a review of the book on the Huffington Post. Powell wrote that when he delivered his “infamous” speech to the United Nations in early [...]  

Yahoo! News BlogsColin Powell's New Book: Bush Administration Never Debated Iraq WarMediaiteby Andrew Kirell | 12:25 pm, May 11th, 2012 In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell confirms that there was no serious debate within the George W. Bush administration during the 2003 run-up to the war with Iraq.Colin Powell can't give himself a pass on Iraq warThe GrioColin Powell: US was set for war with Iraq before his UN speechYahoo...  

In It Worked for Me, you write that the two months you spent mulling a run for the presidency were the most difficult of your life. Why? I never had any political aspirations. I'm a career soldier. But then I leave the Army, and my [first] book comes out ...  

Iraqi intelligence officials posing as WMD scientists ... So yes, I believe that Colin Powell lied. If any journalists interviewing him about his new book want to ask him about this, but don't want to seem like you're accusing him directly ...  

The trip, which was the Prince Harry's first official visit to the United States, attracted attention from eligible ladies throughout the city, something General Colin Powell lightheartedly ... truly humbling and a little terrifying," Prince ...  

WASHINGTON -- In his new book, former Secretary of State Colin Powell provides what may be the most authoritative confirmation yet that there was never a considered debate in the George W. Bush White House about whether going to war in Iraq was ...  

I was with Mikhail Gorbachev as the Soviet Union, the Iron Curtain and the Cold War were going away and the American people were demanding a peace dividend. Gorbachev looked across the table at me and said, “General, you’ll have to find a new enemy.”  

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell awarded Prince Henry of Wales the Atlantic Council's 2012 Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Leadership last night in Washington, D.C. He was given the award for his ongoing efforts to help wounded veterans and their families. In the introduction, Secretary Powell joked about Prince Harry's appeal to young women saying: "Apart from recognizing his contributions to the humanitarian projects, I would...  

I find myself disgusted at Colin Powell's weak, "Whaaa ... Bush-Cheney presidency with use of pure propaganda through corrupted media news services. Dig a little into Powell's past and you might agree he was always a minion of the conservative political ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell got a warm welcome at Harvard this week ... is attending the Kentucky Derby as a guest of Louisville basketball coach Rick Pitino. . . . With the Sox off Thursday, teammates Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby ...  

Colin Powell examining a vial of his integrity. Former Bush era Secretary of State Colin Powell has a new book out May 22. As with so many political celebs, it's a book written "with" a professional person who does the actual writing. But it includes quotations from the guy who was once seen as potential presidential or vice presidential material. Based on uncorrected proofs released in advance, what we get once again is Powell lamenting the...  

“I get mad when bloggers accuse me of lying -- of knowing the information was false. I didn’t.” -- Colin Powell.  

Online store Legacy Display Cases wants to get military awards out of exile in forgotten chest drawers and in front of a veteran’s family, friends and visitors. To showcase the impact of military award shadowboxes, the store sponsored creation of a ...  

I get mad when bloggers accuse me of lying — of knowing the information was false. I didn’t. — Colin Powell Can you imagine having an opportunity to address the United Nations Security Council about a matter of great global importance, with all the world’s media watching, and using it to… well, to make shit up [...]  

Powell tells NU graduates world needs them Former Secretary of State Colin Powell urged graduating Northeastern University students Friday to follow their passion in everything they do and to become active participants in a world that sorely needs them. “As each of you looks toward your future, always focus on finding that which you do well and that which you love doing,’’ Powell told nearly 3,200 new graduates at TD Garden...  

These were all worth doing, but they had little meaning and were not achievable until we and the Iraqis took charge of this post and secured all property in view. Colin Powell (Jake Chessum for Newsweek) The Iraqis were glad to see Saddam Hussein gone.  

It was all a lie, which you must have at least suspected at the time. Hundreds of thousands of people died, or were wounded, or were displaced. An apology is in order. In fact, several.  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell writes in his new book, It Worked for Me, that his "erroneous address to the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction provides a lesson to business leaders on the importance of staying skeptical and following their intuition," Bloomberg reports. Writes Powell: "Yes, a blot, a failure will always be attached to me and my UN presentation. I am mad mostly at myself for not having smelled...  

BLITZER: The former secretary of state, Colin Powell, is warning the world must stay on its guard against al Qaeda. I spoke with him at length about the wars, terror, the presidential race here in the United States and much more, including his brand new book. Its called "It Worked for Me: In Life and Leadership." I began by asking General Powell about al Qaedas presence in Syria and around the world. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) BLITZER: All these years...  

Right before the United States invaded Iraq, Newsweek magazine published a remarkable story. Reporter John Barry revealed that former Iraqi weapons chief Hussein Kamel had told UN inspectors in 1995 that the country ...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, told The Daily Caller that he will be “listening” to both GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and President Obama before making any ...  

Colin Powell's New Book: War With Iraq Never Debated Here's a big surprise. Colin Powell says "The Decider" never even considered a debate on the war in Iraq. NO DEBATE...HE just decided to take our country to war. The "leader" who borrowed the money to throw two wars and send our citizens off to a war...to die for a reason he had no idea about. Even incompetent former CIA Director George Tenet made a similar admission in his own 2007 memoir...  

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, told The Daily Caller that he will be “listening” to both GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney and President Obama before making any “judgments” on their foreign policies. “I’m not going to do politics tonight, and I will be watching both Mr. Romney and President Obama and see what judgments I come to as a result of listening to them, but...  

CBS News has hired the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, to serve as its senior military security analyst, effective immediately. Myers served as Chairman of the JCS beginning in 2001 (weeks after 9/11), retiring in 2005. He now serves as foundation professor of military history and leadership at Kansas State University, as well as the Colin Powell Chair for National Security Leadership, Character and...  

The George W. Bush Administration was set on going to war with Iraq even before  Colin Powell made his infamous 2003 weapons of mass destruction pitch to the United Nations, writes the former Secretary of State in his new book, "It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership." It might be Powell's biggest revelation in [...]  

OPINION - Before Powell starts to rewrite that chapter in history -- or at least put his own spin on it -- he cannot let himself off the hook for the Iraq war, or the case he made to go forward with it...  

In a forthcoming memoir, Colin Powell will describe the speech he gave at the U.N. justifying the U.S. invasion of Iraq on the basis of bogus evidence of WMDs as "a blot, a failure will always be attached to me." From the preview of the book published by Bloomberg, Powell does not suggest that he knew that was he was saying was false. "I am mad mostly at myself for not having smelled the problem," Powell writes about his role. "My instincts...  

From Bloomberg, about the moderate Republican: "Colin Powell says his erroneous address to the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction provides a lesson to business leaders on the importance of staying skeptical and following their intuition. 'Yes, a blot, a failure will always be attached to me and my UN presentation,' the former U.S. secretary of state writes in a new book of leadership parables that draws frequently on...  

In a forthcoming memoir, Colin Powell will describe the speech he gave at the U.N. justifying the U.S. invasion of Iraq on the basis of bogus evidence that Iraq possessed chemical and biological weapons as "a blot, a failure will always be attached to me."As far as I can tell by the preview of the book published by Bloomberg, Powell does not suggest that he knew that was he was saying was false.“I am mad mostly at myself for not having smelled...  

Colin Powell addressed Northeastern’s Class of 2012 yesterday, assuring the 3,200 seniors sitting before him, “Wherever you go, whatever path you follow, you have been ... gives life and meaning to your promise.” Aoun said to treat their ...  

By then, the President did not think war could be avoided,” Powell writes. “He had crossed the line in his own mind, even though the NSC had never met — and never would meet — to discuss the decision.” (Source: Huffington Post)  

Colin Powell says his erroneous address to the United Nations about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction provides a lesson to business leaders on the importance of staying skeptical and following their intuition. “Yes, a blot, a failure ...  

If the task in hand was to charm the pants off America, then it' s mission accomplished for Captain Wales. Prince Harry is flying home to England today, after receiving an award for his humanitarian work on behalf of injured servicemen at the ...  

In uncorrected page proofs of the book scheduled to be published May 22 and written with Tony Koltz, Powell advises on the ... Powell is now a strategic adviser to Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the venture capital firm based in Menlo Park ...  

It has been difficult this week to avoid the dull roar surrounding the first anniversary of the Osama Bin Laden raid. As usual, the media saturation has made an otherwise profound event into something of a sideshow, but it got me to thinking about decision ...  

I found satisfaction every day knowing I was doing my best and serving my country," he said. Before his speech, Powell received an honorary doctorate for his work in public service, which includes founding the Colin L. Powell Center for ...  

Bush’s administration that “we got rid of the horrific Hussein” regime in Iraq and ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan. Still, he says “there would have been no war” in Iraq if Bush and his advisers had known that country’s ...  

Tune in tonight (Friday, May 4 10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), for HBO's chat salon Real Time with Bill Maher, as he welcomes roundtable guests political strategist Susan Del Percio, TV host Ed Schultz and Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of ...  

Colin Powell's daughter is heading into politics ... on TV.HuffPost TV can exclusively reveal that Linda Powell will appear in the first episode of "Political Animals," USA's upcoming six-hour mini-series. The former secretary of state's daughter will play the fictional Pauline Samson, the president's national security advisor.On the upcoming series -- which loosely resembles Hillary Clinton's life -- Pauline is the only woman on the...  

"My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we are giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. The source was an eyewitness." Those were the words of Colin Powell, and Colin Powell was an honorable man—the...  

A few months ago I was re-reading Colin Powell's memoir, My American Journey, and liked his summary of the job of being national security advisor: "judge, traffic cop, truant officer, arbitrator, fireman, chaplain, psychiatrist, and occasional ...  

St. Louis (KSDK) - Colin Powell made a video appearance Wednesday at the Chase Park Plaza. He sent a video message to the inaugural Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner that recognized 569 young men who earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 2011. William H.  

“I saw Colin Powell — he actually hugged me! He hugged me. Colin Powell!” — Diane Keaton recapping the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner for Matt Lauer on “Today” Monday morning : “Oh my god, it’s just, it’s an astonishing event,” said the evening’s most grateful and gracious guest . “It’s better than anything. Better than the Academy Awards, better than all of that.” Read full ...  

Colin Powell made an appearance Wednesday at the Chase Park Plaza.  

The America's Promise Alliance grew out of the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in 1997 that included Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter and Ford (with Nancy Reagan representing President Reagan), and challenged America to make children and ...  

Join NBC 5 and the Genesis Women’s Shelter for the 19th Annual Genesis Women’s Luncheon featuring General Colin L. Powell, U.S.A. (Ret.) The luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 26, at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas. A man of supreme ...