Colin Powell

Type: Person

Name: Colin Powell (Colin Luther Powell)

Title: Former US Secretary of State

Date of Birth: 1937-04-05

Place of Birth: New York

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Colin Powell

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 7 hours ago - 5 reports

Colin Powell

Military should conduct drone strikes Powell

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. drone strikes should be conducted by the military, not the Central Intelligence Agency, and limited to targets that present a real immediate threat to the U.S., former Secretary of State Colin Powell said, according to ... [Published Birmingham Star - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Colin Powell, Drone, Military/Armed Forces

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Barbara Boxer

Colin Powell: Soldier’s convicted of rape shouldn’t be ‘categorically’ discharged

Topics: colin powell ♦ Former Defense Secretary Colin Powell ♦ sexual assaultLike Raw Story on FacebookFormer Defense Secretary Colin Powell said Saturday that U.S. troops convicted of sexual assault should not be automatically dishonorably discharged ... [Published Raw Story - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Colin Powell, Sexual Assault, Rape, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Boxer

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Must-do’s: What we like this week

BOOKS New Yorker writer George Packer?s âThe Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America? is a journalistic marvel, examining 35 years worth of history to reveal the slow transformation of American institutions. Laura Miller writes: Packerâs inspiration, ... [Published Salon - 14 hours ago]

Entities: George Packer, Kyle Minor, V. S. Pritchett

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Eric Holder

‘Holder’ing the bag

WASHINGTON Attorney General Eric Holders fingerprints are all over an FBI warrant that authorized snooping on Fox News reporter James Rosen, the Justice Department confirmed yesterday.The FBI warrant that sought Rosens private e-mails as part of a leak ... [Published New York Post - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Eric Holder, JAMES ROSEN, Investigation, Search Warrant

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Capitol View Commentary: Friday, May 24, 2013

By Pat Nolan, Senior Vice-president, DVL Public Relations & Advertising May 24, 2013RAVES; SHOCK AND AWE FOR LAMAR; GOOD HIRES; INSIDE POLITICS; STILL NOT FULLY AWARERAVESWOW!Not since the opening of the downtown Library in 1999 have I heard such rave ... [Published NewsChannel 5 - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Jim Henry, Lamar Alexander, Karl Dean

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Public Broadcasting Service

PBS concert salutes the troops for Memorial Day

PBS' annual Memorial Day concert tops the list of TV and radio specials over the summer kickoff weekend.Airing live at 8 p.m. Sunday, the show is almost more memorial than concert.It includes remarks by Gen. Colin Powell and music from the National Symphony ... [Published New York Daily News - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Public Broadcasting Service, Marathon, Tom Brokaw

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Carr picks up Fleischmann's former campaign director

Knoxville News SentinelHumphrey on the HillNASHVILLE — Former state Republican Chairman John “Chip” Saltsman, who ran the successful 2010 campaign of U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann in Tennessee’s 3rd Congressional District, has signed up for the same role ... [Published Knox News Sentinel - May 25 2013]

Entities: Joe Carr, Jim Tracy, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 1 reports

Powell Says Military Not CIA Should Direct Drones (Transcript)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, also a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” airing this weekend, that U.S. drone strikes should be limited to targets that ... [Published Bloomberg - May 25 2013]

Entities: Colin Powell, Al Hunt, Vietnam, CIA Central Intelligence Agency

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Obama's speech on the 'war on terror' and drone strikes

Washington - Much of Obama's speech is a rehash of the already repeated mantra about drone strikes being justified in self defense. They are claimed to be carefully vetted and narrowly targeted and in future will be even more strictly regulated. The full ... [Published Digital Journal - May 24 2013]

Entities: War On Terror, Al-Qaeda, Drone, Taliban

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Military Should Run Drone Strikes, Colin Powell Says

The U.S. drone strikes should be limited to targets that present a “real, immediate threat to us” and conducted by the military rather than the CIA, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said.“Drones are a very, very effective weapon and we will continue ... [Published Bloomberg - May 24 2013]

Entities: Colin Powell, Drone, CIA Central Intelligence Agency, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Naples Town Hall Speakers Series suspends 2014 season

1:24 PM EDTNAPLES, Fla.- The Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speakers Series announced today that it will suspend the 2014 season.Over the past 30 years, the non-profit Naples Town Hall has brought to Naples the world’s luminaries, heads of state, presidents ... [Published WINK TV - May 24 2013]

Entities: Naples, William Safire, David Blaine

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Scene in D.C.: Marchionne, Colin Powell Feted by Sons of Italy

(For more Bloomberg Muse, click on MUSE .)May 24 (Bloomberg) -- “I want that car,” said former Congresswoman Connie Morella, pointing to a white 2013 SRT Viper parked in the National Building Museum last night.“It’s available,” replied Sergio Marchionne, ... [Published La Repubblica - May 24 2013]

Entities: Sergio Marchionne, Colin Powell, Italy, Gary Sinise

More Content

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Military should conduct drone strikes Powell [Published Birmingham Star - 7 hours ago]
Military should conduct drone strikes: Powell [Published Great China Brokerage Ltd - 8 hours ago]
Military shrinks in size, scope under Obama [Published NBCNews.com - 14 hours ago]
Colin Powell: Soldier’s convicted of rape shoul... [Published Raw Story - 14 hours ago]
Must-do’s: What we like this week [Published Salon - 14 hours ago]
“The machiavelian threefold game of the neocons... [Published Voltaire Network - 15 hours ago]
Military should run drone strikes, Colin Powell... [Published Jerusalem Post - 21 hours ago]
Capitol View Commentary: Friday, May 24, 2013 [Published NewsChannel 5 - 21 hours ago]
PBS concert salutes the troops for Memorial Day [Published New York Daily News - 22 hours ago]
‘Holder’ing the bag [Published New York Post - 22 hours ago]
Carr picks up Fleischmann's former campaign dir... [Published Knox News Sentinel - May 25 2013]
Powell Says Military Not CIA Should Direct Dron... [Published Bloomberg - May 25 2013]
Powell Says Military Not CIA Should Direct Dron... [Published Bloomberg via Google News - May 25 2013]
The State of the U.S. Military Today [Published BusinessWeek - May 24 2013]
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CEO: No decision on Fiat/Chrysler headquarters [Published Detroit News - May 24 2013]
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Best Neighborhoods: Westchester earns top spot ... [Published Dallas Morning News - May 24 2013]
Scene in D.C.: Marchionne, Colin Powell Feted b... [Published La Repubblica - May 24 2013]
In Honor of Our Black Soldiers This Memorial Day [Published BellaOnline - May 24 2013]
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National Memorial Day Concert in D.C. half a ye... [Published Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 24 2013]
Obama's speech on the 'war on terror' and drone... [Published Digital Journal - May 24 2013]
Commentary: Colleges say 'no' to conservatives [Published Savannah Morning News - May 24 2013]
The 6th Annual Poll of Bloggers-- The Most (and... [Published YID With LID - May 23 2013]
Army ROTC returns to City College of New York [Published United States Army - May 23 2013]
Candice Glover Set for DC’s ‘Memorial Day Concert’ [Published EURweb - May 23 2013]

Blogs

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Colin Powell: Soldier’s convicted of rape shoul... [Published Raw Story - 14 hours ago] Topics: colin powell ♦ Former Defense Secretary Colin Powell ♦ sexual assaultLike Raw Story on FacebookFormer Defense Secretary Colin Powell said Saturday that U.S. troops convicted of sexual assault should not be automatically dishonorably discharged ...
The 6th Annual Poll of Bloggers-- The Most (and... [Published YID With LID - May 23 2013] It's that time of year again. My friend John Hawkins Mr. Right Wing News sent out the ballots and posted the results this morning. We Now have the results of the The 6th Annual Poll of Bloggers-- The Most Admired People On The RightWant to find out who ...
R.O.T.C. Returns to New York’s City College Mor... [Published At War - May 20 2013] Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to attend a ceremony welcoming the Reserve Officer Training Corps back to the City University of New York. ...
America Honors Its Worst by Stephen Lendman [Published Dogma and Geopolitics - May 20 2013] America Honors Its Worst by Stephen Lendman Presidential Medals of Freedom are awarded annually. They mock what they claim to represent. Many go to deplorable recipients. Previous dishonorees include GHW Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Robert Gates, ...
From Analog Politics to Digital VC With General... [Published WSJ.com: Venture Capital Dispatch - May 16 2013] General Colin Powell became a venture capitalist after leaving public life and realizing one morning that his wife of 51 years, Alma, wasn’t just going to let him stay at home and sit around with nothing to do. It wasn’t “sustainable,” he said. [Translation: ...

Audio/Video

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Colin Powell remembers Margaret Thatcher [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Apr 08 2013]
Pew Poll: GOP 'Out of Touch' & 'Extreme' [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Mar 03 2013]
Allen West on debt ceiling and Colin Powell [Published Fox News Channel - YouTube - Feb 06 2013]
Powell to O'Reilly: Why Do You Only See Me as a... [Published The Young Turks - YouTube - Feb 03 2013]
Colin Powell: Kids need structure [Published TED Talks - YouTube - Jan 23 2013]

Press Releases

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Vice-Admiral Paul Maddison Awarded the U.S. Leg... [Published PR inside - May 21 2013]
STOMP Out Bullying™ Joins America’s Promise All... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 20 2013]
Gen. Colin Powell, Sergio Marchionne, Gary Sini... [Published PR Newswire - May 15 2013]
Joe Mantegna And Gary Sinise Co-host PBS's 24th... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - May 10 2013]
CUNY Board of Trustees OKs CCNY School Named fo... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - Apr 29 2013]