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Powell, Colin L

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 670 __ |a Colin Powell, 1991: |b CIP t.p. (Colin Powell) galley (b. Colin Luther Powell on 04-05-37) 670 __ |a The Oxford Companion to American Military History, accessed September 7, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: |b (Powell, Colin L.; Colin Luther Powell; Secretary of State, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Army Officer (1989-1995); born 05 April 1937 in Harlem, New York, New York, United States; graduated from City College, New York (1958); became the youngest general in the army (1979); White House Fellow (1972); served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense during Democratic and Republican administrations; appointed as the President Ronald Reagan’s deputy national security adviser (1987); selected, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989); played a central role during the 1991 Persian Gulf War; became the first African American Secretary of State (2000))

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Colin Powell

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Identifier: SC003-P-077
Dates: 1991-09-17

Colin Powell

 Digital Image
Identifier: SC003-P-078
Dates: 1991-09-17

Colin Powell, 1991-09-17

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Identifier: SC003-P-077 to SC003-P-079
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"Gen. Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff addresses the City Club of San Diego relative to military spending and the potential nuclear power of the "new Soviet Union". Source: Times-Advocate. Sept 17, 1991. Story by Bridgett Greenberg, Associate Press. Photography by Dan Rios Times Advocate." [078 and 079 are duplicates with different exposures.]

Dates: Issued: 1991-09-17