Lt . General Colin Powell , the National Security Adviser , has been suggested as a possible running mate for Vice President George Bush by a newspaper column and some federal government officials . Reagan also was asked about a newspaper column suggesting his national security adviser, Powell , on at least two occasions , when reporters were questioning the President and then the Secretary of Defense , made no comment about his prospects . The most recent thing Powell has said about his prospects was in a speech on July 19 in Los Angeles . He said he expected " to go back to a nice quiet foxhole where I can serve my country in a more comfortable and perhaps less exposed way . "
Lt . General Colin Powell , the National Security Adviser , has been suggested as a possible running mate for Vice President George Bush by a newspaper column and some federal government officials . Powell , on at least two occasions , when reporters were questioning the President and then the Secretary of Defense , made no comment about his prospects . The most recent thing Powell has said about his prospects was in a speech on July 19 in Los Angeles . He said he expected " to go back to a nice quiet foxhole where I can serve my country in a more comfortable and perhaps less exposed way . "