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Knew how his obituaries would someday describe him, the first after american secretary of state, the first african-american champl of the joint chiefs of state and the first african-american national security advisor to the president. colin l. powell shouldered that responsibility while giving the impression that the weight was light as a feather. he was the son of immigrants from jamaica. he was born in harlem raised in the south bronx. he went to city college in new york. entered the army through the rotc program. he was highly decorated for two long, difficult combat tours in vietnam. he wa...

Doctors say the blood cancer can weaken the immune system, making him more vulnerable, even though he was fully vaccinated. he had been scheduled for the booster right when he came down with covid. powell's journey was an american journey. born to jamaican immigrants in harlem, powell grew up in the bronx, joining the army rotc in college, serving two combat tours in vietnam. powell once said when he first put on a uniform, he liked what he saw. powell would soon break through barriers, becoming a four-star general, serving under four presidents, republican and democrat. in 1991, overseeing th...

The department of defense has never been lower. i can't find the time when an affirmative defense, the morale of the troops was lower. we had a shameful withdrawal from afghanistan due to the incompetence of the biden administration, secretary of defense, secretary of state, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the national security adviser. this weighs heavily on our troops. i spent two combat tours in afghanistan, sustained combat for 20 years and when we left like the way we did it weighs heavily on our troops and there is no way to take that back at this point other than the chairman of ...

He still thinks that. it was a good thing, and i'm not so sure. look at that. yeah, back from the... that's world war ii. is it? yep. multiple combat tours exacerbated issues that existed in our relationship and as a family. before, i would've said we're a military family with a great deal of pride. now it's more tempered. this has affected us. it has changed who we are as individuals. it has changed who we are as a family unit as well. very, very different from before. and finally we take you to syria where displaced children have composed letters of peace.

Bring you in here and talk about the president's view of defense policy. we must make clear to our audience that when you retired, you were the most decorated five-star general, having served four combat tours and having received three purple heart medals from battle. what struck you when you heard president biden reimagining national security policy as a matter of diplomacy and development with defense as a last resort? >> well, it's a welcome relief to hear rational, civil policy from president biden, comprehensive, well delivered. he sounds like aristotle compared to the embarrassment we su...