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Powell, Colin
     
Powell, Colin
(1937- ) a US military leader who became famous during the Gulf War and who was the first black person to become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (=leader of all the US military forces). In 2001 President George W Bush made him US Secretary of State.
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