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American general and diplomat (1937–2021)
Colin L. Powell served a 35-year U.S. Army career that advanced from a second lieutenant commissioned via ROTC into a four‑star general and culminated as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Oct. 19...
The claim that (often tied to Arlington Cemetery or official memorial displays) is ; recent checks found no evidence of his name being erased and at least one fact-checking article called the allegati...
won the and became president with 304 electoral votes to ’s 227 as certified by the . Clinton nonetheless won the nationwide popular vote by roughly 2.9 million votes, a divergence that made 2016 one ...
The State Department Office of the Inspector General concluded that Hillary Clinton’s exclusive use of a private email account and server while Secretary of State “was not an appropriate method” for p...
Usage evidence shows that “at the end of the day” is a long-standing idiom whose figurative use goes back to the 19th century , it rose steadily through the 20th century—becoming especially common in ...
Rumors that Barack Obama was a Muslim circulated widely in 2008 and persisted afterward, influencing media coverage and public opinion: Pew found that nearly a third of religion-related campaign stori...
Colin Powell’s two Vietnam tours (1962–63 as a captain advisor and 1968–69 as a major with the Americal Division) gave him frontline command experience, awards (Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Soldier’s Me...
Available reporting shows there is from Arlington National Cemetery’s online list of notable Americans; Powell’s profile remained accessible after website category changes in March 2025. Multiple fact...