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What Would Make Colin Powell Run?

Who was the general so popular that politicians of both parties salivated at the thought of him on the national ticket? No, not Eisenhower. This general is very much alive and all over TV. And being mentioned for Secretary of State if he wants a new job before 1996.

It is, of course, Colin Powell, whom most of Washington is hailing as a prime mover in the Haitian deal. "Jimmy Carter headed the delegation, but everyone knew Colin Powell was the most important person on that plane," says one Administration official. It was Powell who described to Haitian military chief Raoul...

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GEORGE LITTLE, Pentagon press secretary, on the decision to ease the restrictions on women in combat roles; women currently make up nearly 14% of the U.S. armed forces
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