Colin Powell

Colin Powell

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  Bronx 'ghetto' tours stop amid residents' outrage

  A company that promised sightseer tours to the Bronx that included a New York City "ghetto" has stopped the bus rides under protest from an outraged ... 

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  Syrian officials deny use of chemical weapons

  Two Syrian officials denied Friday that government forces had used chemical weapons against rebels, the first response from President Bashar Assad's ... 

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  Politics on hold at the dedication of Bush library

  George W. Bush shed a sentimental tear. Barack Obama mused about the burdens of the office. Bill Clinton dished out wisecracks. Jimmy Carter and ... 

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  Blackstone founder creates $300M China scholarship

  A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the ... 

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  Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf buried at West Point

  Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, the no-nonsense Desert Storm commander famously nicknamed "Stormin' Norman," graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West ... 

• Group 'sorry' Bush wants out of gay-marriage ads

  A pro-gay marriage group will replace ads that include former first lady Laura Bush speaking on the topic with a new ad this weekend after Bush said ... 

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  Former Secretary of State Rice joins CBS News

  Just in time for inauguration coverage, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor. Rice, who served as secretary ... 

• Colin Powell says GOP having 'an identity problem'

  Former Secretary of State Colin Powell says his own Republican Party is having "an identity problem." The former Joints Chief of Staff chairman who ... 

• Santorum takes up fight against Hagel nomination

  Republican opposition to Chuck Hagel as the next defense secretary swelled from inside and outside the Senate Thursday as a former Senate colleague ... 

• Correction: Obit-Schwarzkopf story

  In a story Dec. 28 about the death of U.S. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, The Associated Press reported erroneously the date of Schwarzkopf's birth. He was ... 

• Reaction to death of Norman Schwarzkopf

  Reaction to the death Thursday of retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf: ___ "With the passing of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, we've lost an American ...