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'''General Colin Luther Powell''', United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th [[United States]] [[Secretary of State]] (2001-05) under President [[George W. Bush]] and a liberal member of the [[Republican]] Party. As a General in the [[United States Army]], Powell also served as [[National Security Advisor]] (1987–1989), and as Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1989–1993) he became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States. <!-- till the election of Senator Obama as President, that is. Obama takes office on Jan. 20, 2009 -->

'''General Colin Luther Powell''', United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th [[United States]] [[Secretary of State]] (2001-05) under President [[George W. Bush]] and a liberal member of the [[Republican]] Party. As a General in the [[United States Army]], Powell also served as [[National Security Advisor]] (1987–1989), and as Chairman of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]] (1989–1993) he became the highest ranking African American government official in the history of the United States. Powell is best known in the international community for lying to the [[United Nations]] in 2003 about the specifics of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program and for spectacularly failing at generating international support for United States foreign policy in George W. Bush's first term.  After Powell left the [[National Security Council]], the fortunes for the United States markedly improved in diplomacy (with countries like [[France]]) and in the [[Iraq War]]. In 2008, he attempted to project his own failure as Secretary of State unto [[John McCain]] by endorsing [[Barack Obama]].

==Military career==  

==Military career==