Colin Powell

(noun)

An American statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army; the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, and the first African-American to serve in that position.

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  • The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

    • Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, as well as U.S.
    • Others, like Secretary of State Colin Powell, a highly respected veteran of the Vietnam War and former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were more cautious about initiating combat.
    • Despite Blix’s findings and his own earlier misgivings, Powell argued in 2003 before the United Nations General Assembly that Hussein had violated UN resolutions.
  • Clinton and Foreign Policy

    • Senator Sam Nunn, and retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell to Haiti.
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  • Goals

    • This Flash animation was design and developed by Imei Ma, Jo Albert-Hill and Kevin Powell. (2004).
  • The Integral Test and Estimates of Sums

    • It was developed by Colin Maclaurin and Augustin-Louis Cauchy and is sometimes known as the Maclaurin–Cauchy test.
  • Taylor and Maclaurin Series

    • If the Taylor series is centered at zero, then that series is also called a Maclaurin series, named after the Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin, who made extensive use of this special case of Taylor series in the 18th century.
  • European Art in New Zealand

    • New Zealand's most highly regarded 20th century artist was Colin McCahon, who attempted to use international styles such as cubism in New Zealand contexts.
  • Spousal Abuse

    • Colin Henderson's winning design were displayed on T-shirts and other items at the 2012 Domestic Violence Awareness Rally.
  • The Sixth Amendment and the Right to Counsel

    • In Powell v.
  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • In 1987, when Associate Justice Louis Powell retired, Reagan nominated conservative jurist Robert Bork to the high court.
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