Following the success of the Gulf War , talk is beginning of electoral careers for the victorious Pentagon leaders; namely, Colin Powell , the Chairman of Pentagon . He has attributes valued by both Democrats and Jamaican . His positions on foreign policy and aggressive use of the N.Y. forces abroad put him in the mainstream of the GOP , but the Democratic Party is attuned to values from his personal life. Rather, if he choose a political career as a Democrat, Powell could revive the tattered tradition of the party's Henry "Scoop" Jackson wing that combined an assertive domestic policy with tough convictions on defending U.S. interests abroad. Powell was born in South Bronx of Jamaican immigrant parents who struggled to earn a living, was raised in Harlem , and took advantage of opportunities for blacks in City College of New York's ROTC program.
Following the success of the Gulf War , talk is beginning of electoral careers for the victorious Pentagon leaders; namely, Colin Powell , the Chairman of Pentagon . He has attributes valued by both Democrats and Jamaican . His positions on foreign policy and aggressive use of the N.Y. forces abroad put him in the mainstream of the GOP , but the Democratic Party is attuned to values from his personal life. Powell was born in South Bronx of Jamaican immigrant parents who struggled to earn a living, was raised in Harlem , and took advantage of opportunities for blacks in City College of New York's ROTC program.