Colin+Powll

Wikispace Report By: Derrick Sanders **
 * __Colin Powell__ __Military leader __** **BY: Warren Brown

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===My biography is on __Colin Powell: Military leader__ by Warren Brown. Colin Powell was the first-ever African-American to achieve the rank of four-star general in the military. When he reached the rank of four-star general, he was appointed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of the United States. In 1990, he led the Operation Desert Shield campaign in the middle-east. His contributions to not only black history, but American history as well, have made this individual a significant figure of our life time.===


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=      Advancing through the ranks in his career, Powell attended Command and General Staff College during the Vietnam War, earned a masters degree from Washington University, and won a highly covetted White House fellowship. Colin Powell also graduated from the National War College. Powell also recevied important commands around the globe. After being promoted to brigadier general       in 1979, he landed several high-level jobs in the United States Defense department. Colin Powell was eventually named national security advisor in 1987. = =            = = = =             = =       __Paragraph #3__= = = = = = Colin Powell had many characteristics that made him a good leader, but the ones I chose I thought were the important ones. Integrity because many people thought he had strong integrity. Bravery was another important one because he was once in a helicopter crash and was brave enough to go back into the crash and retrieve an injured soldier. Another characteristic of his was that he was career oriented, because he never stopped trying for higher positions he wanted. Inginuity because he was always able to find solutions for his problems and the problems of others. = =__Paragraph #4__= = In late December 1987, Colin Powell became President Reagan's sixth national security adviser. In 1989, President George Bush called General Powell " a complete soldier." President George Bush then appointed Powell to the top military post of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell was now the youngest person and first black-American ever to hold this position. Colin Powell has since emerged as a national hero for expertly guiding the U.S. armed forces during Operations Desert Shield and Storm. = =__Paragraph #5__=

**The part of Colin Powell's life I admire the most, is that throughout his thirty-five years of being in the military, he never sacrificed his character. Traits that he had a reputation for were never lost, for example, his reputation for having strong integrity. Despite racial adversity, in and outside of the military, military deployments, war, being a husband, father, and soldier, Colin Powell did the best he could to be the best leader he could possibly be.

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Before this project, I never knew this man existed. After reading __Colin Powell: Military Leader,__ I gained knowledge and, most of all, respect for his life, career, and backround. I would hope that Mr. Warren Brown, the author, would not disrespect Colin Powell by giving a false accont of his life.**