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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
In its "Oral History of the Bush White House," Vanity Fair hears from Lawrence Wilkerson. The former top aide to Colin Powell compares our current president to none other than Sarah Palin: Lawrence Wilkerson, top aide and later chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell: We had this confluence of characters--and I use that term very carefully--that included people...
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Think Progress (Free subscription) | 30/12/2008
In an interview with Vanity Fair for its upcoming issue on the Bush White House, Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, ripped President Bush, saying that after the 2000 election, Bush’s knowledge of foreign affairs was as poor as that of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R): We had this confluence [...]
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It's My Mind (Free subscription) | yesterday
An interesting article talking about the backgrounds of the President-elect, the federal Attorney General-designate Eric Holder, and former General Colin Powell. While each of them have very different backgrounds and compelling stories that brought them to this point in history, it is worth exploring what their immigrant heritage and outstanding accomplishments mean for African-Americans...
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Times Online - Bronwen Maddox (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
... special envoy to Northern Ireland, has been mentioned, but at 75 is perhaps too old, some suggest. Colin Powell, former Secretary of State, crops up, too, in such conversations.
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VH1 (Free subscription) | yesterday
... on an actual person. And working with co-star Jeffrey Wright — who gave convincing performances as Colin Powell in "W.," Jean-Michel Basquiat in "Basquiat" and Muddy Waters in "Cadillac Records" — allowed him to learn a thing or two."There is a respect, but at a certain stage, you have to relax about it and just say, 'This is my interpretation,' " he said. "You make judgments and...
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Kiko's House (Free subscription) | yesterday
QUOTES FROM A VANITY FAIR ORAL HISTORY ON THE BUSH PRESIDENCY: Lawrence Wilkerson, top aide and later chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell: [Dick Cheney] became vice president well before George Bush picked him. And he began to manipulate things from that point on, knowing that he was going to be able to convince this guy to pick him, knowing that he was then going to be...
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BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
Two dozen prominent conservatives are announcing their support for Ken Blackwell for chair of the Republican National Committee. While I tend to be cynical about the impact of endorsements (though Colin Powell's DID impact the presidential race ), the impact of today's announcement can't be discounted. [...]
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DALLAS SOUTH (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
... one of the most beloved black military figures in U.S. history? Yes Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Colin Powell are at the pinnacle of African-American achievement. But as I’ve reflected on these three men for the last few weeks, I keep coming back to one undeniable similarity: These three men are all the sons of immigrants. We all know that Barack Obama’s father was born in Kenya...
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DALLAS SOUTH (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Please check out my column that will appear in Sunday’s Dallas Morning News Points Section (should be Section P). In the column, I draw a connection between three high achieving African-American men -Barack Obama, Eric Holder, & Colin Powell- and how their success relates to the rest of us. addthis_url [...]
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ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... school science teacher was told to remove posters including one with a inspirational posture of Colin Powell with a Bible verse and other “objectionable” postings in his classroom. He complied. However, when his new principal told him to remove his personal Bible from the top of his classroom desk (where he had kept it for 20 years), and hide it in his desk drawer, he refused. This...
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Harper's Magazine (Free subscription) | 02/01/2009
Colin Powell’s chief of staff, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, previously claimed that there was a “secret government” inside the Bush Administration. He pointed to Dick Cheney as the man who made the key decisions and to Scooter Libby (pre-indictment) and David Addington as his “enforcers.” In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Wilkerson spells out his views on how Cheney ran the show from...
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Sic Semper Tyrannis 2007 (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
... a bill to plug the openings with motor mouth could possibly be a constitutional issue. 6. Put Colin Powell in charge of a geopolitical form of the ‘Base Closing Commission’ to rationalize our international commitments. Make the process excruciatingly transparent. And keep Henry Kissinger out of the way. Ms. Albright should be a big part. 7. Recognize India as our natural ally in that...
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Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 03/01/2009
... the nation. Drawing on interviews with power brokers like Senator Obama, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Vernon Jordan, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and many others, as well as her own razor-sharp observations and analysis of such issues as generational conflict and the "black enough" conundrum, Ifill shows why this is a pivotal moment in American history. Neil Henry is a professor...
