Colin Powell

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are “as American as apple pie,” during a recent interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan. Powell said that even though his parents didn’t make much while he was growing up in New York, they were able to find stable work, unlike many people who […]

Did you know Ice T was in the army? What about Sinbad’s service in the Air Force ? There are plenty of familiar Black faces in the public eye who took time out of their lives to serve their country in the United States armed forces. In honor of Veterans Day, here’s a gallery of […]

Right wing talk show host, Rush Limbaugh reiterated what he said during the 2008 Election when he said that Powell supported the candidate Barack Obama “because he’s Black” on his radio show. After Colin Powell told CBS News “Face The Nation” that he wasn’t sure who he was going to vote for in the 2012 […]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he is undecided on who he’s going to vote for in 2012, during an appearance on CBS’ “Face The Nation” Sunday. Powell, a Republican, endorsed President Obama in the 2008 election, but did not indicate if he would do the same this time around. CBS reports: I […]

WASHINGTON – Former secretary of state Colin Powell dismissed the criticism leveled at him and others in vice president Dick Cheney’s memoir, calling them “cheap shots.’’ It was the latest volley in a clash that stretches back to their first years in former President George W. Bush’s administration. Powell said that if Cheney’s staff and […]

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina’s premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuous time that saw a royal wedding, a pope’s beatification and a U.S. military assault that killed Osama bin Laden, “the worst person on earth.” But the former secretary of state and Joint Chiefs chairman […]

LONDON-Colin Powell, the former Secretary Of State under President George W. Bush has called on the CIA and the Pentagon to answer questions about how they passed false information regarding weapons of mass destruction that was used during his speech to the U.N. The American Foreign Press reports: “It has been known for several years […]

LONDON – An Iraqi man whose testimony the United States used as a key evidence to build a case for war in Iraq says he is proud that he lied about his country developing mobile biological warfare labs. The Guardian newspaper published an interview Wednesday with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi, who has been identified as […]

When asked to rate the progress made by President Barack Obama two years into his term of office, retired General Colin Powell said this Sunday on CNN’s State of the Union: “He’s got a way to go. I mean he hasn’t achieved all of his purposes, but he’s stabilized the economy. … Whether you approve […]

From WashingtonPost.com: Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell, whose opposition to allowing gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military helped lead to adoption of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” legislation 17 years ago, said Wednesday that he now thinks the restrictive law should be repealed.