KT McFarland: Colin Powell's greatest gift to us all
Fox News
I first met Colin Powell, who died Monday, in the Pentagon in the early years of the Reagan Administration.
Gen. Colin Powell almost wasn’t—a general, that is. After Vietnam, he was passed over for promotion. But it had nothing to do with his record in Vietnam, which was exceptional. A poor kid from the Bronx, and son of Jamaican immigrants, Powell wasn’t part of the "old boy" West Point network. But President Lyndon Johnson’s Secretary of the Army insisted they add several men of color to the promotion list. A few years and promotions later, Gen. Powell was in the inner circle of the Reagan administration.
Antioch High School students recount chaotic scenes as shooting unfolded; victim's family speaks out
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