Home WASHINGTON, DC — (Original Caption) Secretary of State Colin Powell listens as President Bush speaks on trade promotion authority at the Department of State. <P> <P><B>CREDIT:</B><BR/> Brooks Kraft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images</P> WASHINGTON, DC -- (Original Caption) Secretary of State Colin Powell listens as President Bush speaks on trade promotion authority at the Department of State. <P> <P><B>CREDIT:</B><BR/> Brooks Kraft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images</P>

WASHINGTON, DC — (Original Caption) Secretary of State Colin Powell listens as President Bush speaks on trade promotion authority at the Department of State.

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(Original Caption) Secretary of State Colin Powell listens as President Bush speaks on trade promotion authority at the Department of State. (Photo by ?? Brooks Kraft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC — Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) stands with President George W. Bush. <P> <P><B>CREDIT:</B><BR/> Brooks Kraft/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images</P>
VIRGINIA — Colin Powell at his home in Virginia. Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. <P> <P><B>CREDIT:</B><BR/> Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images</P>