Colin Powell as

Colin Powell as Chairman of Joint Chiefs
Powell was a professional soldier for 35 years, during which performance of a number of command positions and senior and rose to the rank of Four Star General. From December 1987 to January 1989 he was Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. From October 1 1989 to September 30, 1993, was the twelfth President of the Joint Staff, the military post more rank in the Armed Forces. During this period, supervisors twenty-eight crises, including Operation Desert Storm in the victorious Persian Gulf War in 1991.
After leaving the Army, Secretary Powell wrote his autobiography My American Journey, a book which was published 1995 and was a great success. It also launched the career public speaking, public speaking to domestic and foreign.
President George W. Bush appoint Colin L. Powell Secretary of State on December 16, 2000. He was confirmed unanimously by the Senate of the United States and was sworn in as the sixty-fifth Secretary of State on January 20, 2001. Acquired special notoriety responsible media following the aggressive U.S. foreign policy since 2001.
During preparations for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Secretary Powell led the Defense Department against the U.S. government through diplomatic in managing the Iraqi crisis on the basis of agreement in the Security Council of the United Nations. Thus the American media gave it the status of "dove" in the cabinet, as opposed to the "hawks" of the vice president and the Pentagon, the latter in favor of American unilateralism.
U.S. Secretary of State along with the vice president of the State Council of China Wu Yi.
In his capacity as head of U.S. diplomacy, had an intervention in the Security Council of UN to take its position at the highest level. Its prelude debates the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq, but the finding that the alleged weapons of mass destruction did not exist hopelessly badly diplomatico its history. For this reason it was not confirmed in office following the reelection of George W. Bush as President of the United States.
General Powell has always stated as a Republican voter. Today, 2008, Colin Powell made an official statement in a television channel to give its official support to the Democratic candidate to the White House, Barack Obama. the latter after learning through the press of his praise to the call and told Colin Powell that ostentaria a position of great public importance in a possible future Obama administration.
Before his appointment, Powell was chairman of America's Promise'The Alliance for Youth, National nonprofit dedicated to mobilizing people from all sectors of American society to build character and competence of youth.
Powell is married to Alma Vivian Johnson of Birmingham (Alabama). His family consists of his son Michael, his daughters Linda and Anne, his daughter Jane, his son Francis, and grandchildren Jeffrey and Bryan.

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