Sanford: Colin Powell was America’s moral leader without the title of president
In this Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008 photo, Gen. Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets veterans from Iowa and Illinois during their visit to the World War II Memorial in Washington, as part of the Inaugural Honor Flight of the Quad Cities. Powell died at the age of 84 on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, from complications from COVID-19, his family said on Facebook. (Todd Mizener/The Dispatch – The Rock Island Argus via AP)
Otis Sanford
Otis Sanford is a political columnist, author and professor emeritus in Journalism and Strategic Media at the University of Memphis.
Otis Sanford: “...while Powell never sought the office himself, he had tremendous influence with voters during tough presidential election years.”
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