Colin Powell

People at one point or another in life are presented with the opportunity to become a leader, but it is up to oneself to make that choice. Leaders are people we look up to, those who want to make a difference one way or another. They posses a certain kind of confidence that enables them to inspire others and gain their trust. Great leadership is highly important in order to prevent chaos and confusion in various workplaces. There has been a significant amount of leaders in the past, as well as…

Gorilla gorilla gorilla from extinction is in everybody’s interest. Holding meetings and summits with foreign government officials on a personal level is one way to do so and has proven successful in the past. In 2002, former Secretary of State, Colin Powell launched the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, a program which brings over 70 countries, governments, donors, institutions and organizations together to help promote the conservation of the Congo Basin 's forest ecosystems, home to a large…

Bill Clinton’s father died before the future president was born (Jaber). After Bill Clinton graduated high school, he went to Georgetown University and majored in international relations while earning the Rhodes scholarship, the only president to do so (Jaber). He then accepted a scholarship to Yale University Law School and graduated from there in 1973. (Jaber) In 1978, he was elected governor of Arkansas and remained in that position for 15 years (Jaber) As stated in American Presidents Ranked…

Reagan’s Foreign Policy Foreign Policy, a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives. ("Foreign policy | Define Foreign policy at Dictionary.com," n.d.) Some may say, Ronald Reagan wanted to change the definition of foreign policy, but he had felt that Communism was insidious and believed that the Soviet Union was determined on ruling the world. Many did not understand Reagan's ideas, when he had taken office and sometimes still…

Hillary Clinton is one of the most well-known women in American History. She is known for good things as well as bad things. Being the first women to run for president of the United States was what really pushed her over the edge of popularity and she exploded with criticism and love from people all throughout the country. She is a big supporter of Gun Rights in the United States involving banning assault rifles. Also a huge women’s rights activist that struck a flare when she started running…

ISS Reflection Paper by Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey D. Adkins United States Air Force Information Title: ISS Reflection Paper Author: Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey D. Adkins United States Air Force FI: Colonel John Sena Seminar 6 Page Count: 5 Word Count: Enter # of Words ISS Reflection Paper “The unexamined life is not worth living.” Socrates Plato’s Apology From the beginning of my career the United States Air Force has taken an active role in…

There is not a clear definition of school culture in the field of education because it was derived from the corporate workplace to provide direction for a more efficient and stable learning environment (Stolp, 1994). Deal and Peterson (1999) acknowledged that even though culture can be widely defined with no concrete meaning, universally none is accepted. Educators can implement and create instructional strategies to focus on school culture and restructure it if necessary. When making…

took on that same idea. Although there was a lack of evidence, they all collectively pushed the idea of the war and in turn forced many people who were in lower offices to jeopardize their creditability in the offices they held. On the other hand, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice and James Baker, Secretary of State, all expressed reservations about the war from the beginning, but even more so when they could not find any evidence of weapons of mass…

was also put into use for the first time. The piece of work was designed to avoid radar detection, which was an amazing technological advance, and the public was amazed at the impressive work it could do. “General Norman Schwarzkopf and General Colin Powell became household names as citizens watched their direction of the conflict unfold, and view their amazing…

The initial U.S. military campaign strategy for Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) failed to properly plan for the US political end state of a post-Saddam Hussein Iraq. Fortunately, the knowledge and experiences gained from combat operations in OIF, coupled with the concepts of operational design, led to an improved “surge” strategy in 2007. In fact, reassessment of kinetic operations in 2006 led tactics to transition from “clear and leave” to “clear and hold” in 2007. This clear and hold tactic,…