Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor, as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Commandand as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holding the latter position during the Persian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 April 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
We have no intention of invading North Korea or taking hostile action against North Korea,
Unless North Korea ends its program, it cannot expect the benefits of relations with the outside world.
ways to communicate with the people of Iran to convince them that the policies their leaders have been following are inappropriate.
The regime only allows interviews with inspectors in the presence of an Iraqi official, a minder, ... The official Iraqi organization charged with facilitating inspections announced, announced publicly and announced ominously that, 'Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.'
We strongly oppose it, ... It will cause us international difficulties, and it opens up other opportunities for others to try to seek similar relief.
We stand ready to help, but that help can only come when North Korea has abandoned its programs to achieve a nuclear weapons capability, something that the international community thought it had done years ago,
All values are important, everyone who has ever touched my life in some way was a mentor for good or bad. Life is a blend, and a person is a blend of all the influences that have touched their lives.
Good leaders must know how to reward those who succeed and know when to retrain, move, or fire ineffective staff.
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible.
The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.
I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction.
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.