WASHINGTON July 5, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press 1 comment Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, shown in this file photo, is a moderate Republican who says... Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action. Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York as Sotomayor, said she should face "a spirited set of hearings" in the Senate. But he said... [read full story]
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