CNN At This Hour With Kate Bolduan October 18, 2021 15:03:00
During the nixon era in 1972. afterwards, powell returned to his troops, eventually becoming a general, and went back to the white house in 1987 as president reagan's national security adviser. then in 1989, the general became the highest ranking officer in the u.s. military when president george h.w. bush named him chairman of the joint cheechs of staff. our strategy to go after this army is simple. first we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it. >> reporter: powell became a household name during the first gulf war. his policy of overwhelming force against iraq became known as...
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