Colin Powell
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Colin Luther Powell was an American U.S. Army general, diplomat, and statesman who served as the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005, being the first Black American to hold the off
Official portrait, 2001
Richard Nixon and Powell, 1973
President Ronald Reagan and National Security Advisor Powell, April 18, 1988
Powell's official portrait as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, c. 1989
Condoleezza Rice
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Condoleezza "Condi" Rice is an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009 and as the 19th U.S. national security advisor from 2
Colin Powell
…American to hold the office, and was the highest-ranking Black American in the federal executive branch in American history (along with his successor Condoleezza Rice) until the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008. Initially politically independent, Powell joined the Republican Party in 1995, but left it…
Official portrait, 2005
Condoleezza Rice in 2008
Condoleezza Rice during a 2005 interview on ITV in London
Rice, Secretary of State Colin Powell, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld listen to President George W. Bush speak about the Middle East on June 24, 2002.