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    Colin Powell was born in 1937 in New York to Jamaican immigrant parents. He had a successful career in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of Colonel and serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. Powell later held several high-level national security positions, including National Security Advisor under Reagan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush. After retiring from the military in 1993, Powell remained active in public service and published a bestselling autobiography.

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    Colin Powell was born in 1937 in New York to Jamaican immigrant parents. He had a successful career in the U.S. Army, rising to the rank of Colonel and serving two tours of duty in Vietnam. Powell later held several high-level national security positions, including National Security Advisor under Reagan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush. After retiring from the military in 1993, Powell remained active in public service and published a bestselling autobiography.

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    Powell2

    ColinLutherPowellisthesonofJamaicanimmigrantsLutherandMaudPowell.Colin
    wasbornApril5,1937inNewYork.HeattendedMorrisHighSchool.Whenheattendcollege
    hewenttoCityCollegeofNewYork,andGeorgeWashingtonUniversity.Colinstudied
    geologywhilehewasatCityCollegeofNewYork.Colingraduatedin1958afterwardsbecame
    SecondLieutenantinU.S.Army.WhileColinwaslieutenantintheArmyhemarriedAlma
    Powellin1962.ColinandAlmabothhadkidsnamedLindPowell,MichaelPowell,and
    AnnmariePowell.DuringthesameyearColinwasoneof16,000adviserssenttoVietnamby
    PresidentJohnKennedy.
    In1972ColinearnedaWhiteHouseFellowshipandearnedaMBAatGeorge
    WashingtonUniversity.ColonelColinPowell,servedfouryearsofdutyduring1973inKorea.
    ColinPowellgotofferedastaffjobattheUSDepartmentofDefense.Powellbecamethe
    NationalSecurityAdviserin1987.ColinPowellwasinvolvedinapostheldfortheReagan
    Administration.ColinPowellwasappointedasChairmanofJointChiefsofStaffin1989by
    PresidentGeorgeH.W.Bush.
    In1993ColinPowellceasedfromtheArmy.ColinjoinedformerPresidentJimmy
    CarterandSenatorSamNunnin1994onpeacekeepingexpeditiontoHaitilastminute,which
    endedthemilitaryruleandpeacefulelectedgovernmentinthatcountryreturned.Colin
    publishedabestsellingautobiographycalledMyAmericanJourney,whichinfluencesmilitary
    stateorganizationinandout.ColinwaschairmanofAmericasPromiseOrganization
    Nonprofitfrom1997to2000.PowellcochairedtheorganizationalongwithhiswifeAlma
    whichhasapresenceinall50statesandmorethan500communities.

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    PowellwasgivenaorderasasecondlieutenantintheUnitedStateArmy.In1963
    LieutenantPowellwaswoundedbyapunjistickboobytrapwhilepatrollingVietnameseborder
    withLaos.ThePurpleHeartawardedPowellandalsoayearlatertheBronzeStar.Powellserved
    asecondtourofdutyin19681969inVietnam.
    ThelegacyPowellleavesbehindhimisaworkinprogress.Helostmajorpolicy
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