| Title: |
Colin Powell
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Public Broadcasting Service. Frontline
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| Collection: |
Gulf War Oral History
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| Description: |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Q: A big decision day, October the 30th. What did you say to the President?
Powell: We assembled in the Situation Room at the White House. I'd just returned from Saudi Arabia where Norm and I and all of his commanders went over what would be needed for a more workable plan...
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| URL: |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/oral/powell/1.html
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Speaker: |
Powell, Colin, 1937-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
5-Apr-1937
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| Speaker place of birth: |
New York, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
Black
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| Speaker occupation: |
Chairman; Military personnel; Secretary of State
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Organizations discussed: |
British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England; United Nations
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| Historical events discussed: |
Persian Gulf War, 1991
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Iraq; Kuwait; North America; Saudi Arabia; Southwest Asia; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; British Broadcasting Corporation, London, England; Command of troops; Iraq; Kuwait; Military occupation; Military service, Voluntary; North America; Oral history; Persian Gulf War, 1991; Saudi Arabia; Southwest Asia; United Nations; United States; United States--Military history
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0028771-31714
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