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Powell Wants You to “Call Him, Maybe”

Powell Wants You to “Call Him, Maybe”

“Those guys didn’t think I would do it. I told you I was going to do it!” That’s what internet-savvy President Obama said in New York City several months ago after belting out a few lines from Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”  He’s sung at the Apollo and the White House, slow jammed the news, and nominated […]

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Woodward Primes General Powell as Next Secretary of Defense

In his interview with Larry King, journalist Bob Woodward has come out and said outright that Colin Powell is the best candidate for Secretary of Defense after Robert Gates steps down from that role in 2011. General Powell, as Woodward has pointed out numerous times, is a walking embodiment of the history of American wars […]

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