Colin Powell was a U.S. Secretary of State under president George W. Bush .

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  Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
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  Colin Powell official portrait as Secretary of State (higher res)
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  Colin Powell official portrait as Secretary of State in 2001

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  visiting the Black Cat squadron in South Korea.
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  Powell answering questions of viewers on MTV.
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  Powell on MTV.
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  Colin L. Powell at a press conference

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  Powell and other officials pose for a group photograph prior to discussing U.S. military intervention in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield.
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  Gen. Powell, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf (middle), and Paul Wolfowitz (right) listen as Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney addresses reporters regarding the 1991 Gulf War.
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  Powell with Ronald Reagan , 1988
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  Powell with Dominique de Villepin
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  Powell with Alexander Downer
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  Powell with Rudy Giuliani
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  Laila Freivalds
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  With Paul Biya , September 16, 2002.
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  Powell with Mohamed ElBaradei , January 10, 2003
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  With Joschka Fischer , 2002.
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  with Li Zhaoxing, Chinese Foreign Minister (September 30, 2004)
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  with Wu Yi, Chinese Vice Premier (April 22, 2004)
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  with Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of Tunisia (February 17, 2004)