Showing posts with label Colin Powell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colin Powell. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Colin Powell post his First #TBT Selfie


On Facebook today, Colin Powell his Selfie... from 60 years ago!.

In his post he says: "I was doing selfies 60 years before you Facebook folks. Eat your heart out Ellen!"

via The Wire  

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Colin Powell endorses President Obama


Colin Powell supported President Obama again because basically, he feels Obama is the better choice.

Powell stated on CBS News:
"I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and I'll be voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month."
And in more words:
When he took over the country was in very, very difficult straits, we were in one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times, close to a depression. The fiscal system was collapsing. Wall Street was in chaos. We had 800,000 jobs lost in that first month of the Obama administration and unemployment would peak a few months later at 10%. So we were in real trouble. The auto industry was collapsing. The housing industry was starting to collapse, and we were in very difficult straits. And I saw over the next several years stabilization come back in the financial community, housing is now starting to pick up after four years, it's starting to pick up. Consumer confidence is rising. So I think generally we've come out of the dive and we’re starting to gain altitude. It doesn't mean we are problem solved, there are lots of problems still out there. The unemployment rate is too high. People are still hurting in housing. But I see that we are starting to rise up.

I also saw the President get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new wars. And finally, I think that the actions he's taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on.

With respect to Governor Romney, I have the utmost respect to him but as I listen to what his proposals are especially with respect to dealing with our most significant issue, the economy, it's essentially let's cut taxes and compensate for that with other things. But that compensation does not cover all of the cuts intended or the new expenses associated with defense.
WATCH Colin Powell endorse Obama after the jump

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Interesting Quote: Colin Powell


“In the almost 17 years since the ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ legislation was passed, attitudes and circumstances have changed. I fully support the new approach presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee this week by Secretary of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen.”



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Friday, December 12, 2008

Colin Powell Says Reevaluate DADT

Colin Powell is speaking out about everything, including us in the military. He believes that this is the time to reevaluated the homophobic policy, Don't Ask, Don't Tell. And I agree, don't ask us to serve, if we can't be who we really are. This is our country too; treating us like 2nd class folks isn't the American way. Time to shake it up.



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