WASHINGTON (JTA) — Colin Powell will be remembered in history as the first Black U.S. national security advisor, the first Black military chief of staff and the first Black secretary of state.

Colin Powell and his rise through the ranks of our military. Let me explain why. Born in Harlem, New York, to Jamaican immigrants, Powell became the U.S.’ first Black national security adviser ...

If Colin Powell ever gets to be commander-in-chief, he is likely to find his own doctrine a most unsatisfactory guide to the actual conduct of the nation’s security affairs. The National ...