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Politics : President Barack Obama
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (136058)8/25/2013 6:36:43 PM
From: ChinuSFO  Read Replies (1) of 149317
 
You think Powell asked for and analyzed data before he came to the conclusion to what he said? Or did he just look around and see the obvious. Gen. Powell is a visionary and keeps his ears to ground since that is what helps him with his vision and the evolution of it. Reminds me of Steve Jobs except that he is not arrogant or a Democrat as Jobs was.
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Colin Powell calls Zimmerman verdict 'questionable'



The first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and first black secretary of state was speaking Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."

WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says the jury verdict that freed George Zimmerman, the killer of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, was "questionable." But he isn't sure it will have staying power in the public consciousness.

Speaking on CBS' "Face the Nation," Powell said cases such as Martin's "blaze across the midnight sky" and are forgotten.

The first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and first black secretary of state, Powell says the United States has come a long way toward racial equality 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Powell recalled being refused service when trying to buy a hamburger before the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Minorities have many more opportunities today, but Powell says King would still demand work on education, housing and economic opportunities.

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