Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has `` no interest '' in government service in response to a recently televised suggestion by Pennsylvania Gov . Colin Powell responds to suggestion he be named White House chief of staff . Powell, who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush, has been a frequent critic of the Obama administration and is considered an architect of its foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls midterm election results `` a body blow '' for President Obama .
Colin Powell responds to suggestion he be named White House chief of staff . Powell, who served as secretary of state under President George W. Bush, has been a frequent critic of the Obama administration and is considered an architect of its foreign policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. He calls midterm election results `` a body blow '' for President Obama .