may 1, 2001 - Colin Powell
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Colin Powell becomes Secretary of State, making him the first African American to serve as America's top diplomat.He sought to build international support for the controversial U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, delivering a divisive speech to the United Nations regarding that country's possession of weapons material that was later revealed to be based on faulty intelligence. He resigned after Bush's reelection in 2004.
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may 1, 2001
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~ 24 years ago