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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Colin Powell’s foundation and Hillary Clinton’s are treated very differently by the media
In 1997, after a distinguished career in military service that culminated with stints as national security adviser under Ronald Reagan and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Colin Powell launched a charity. Named Americas Promise, its built around the theme of Five Promises to Americas children. And while Ive never heard it praised as a particularly cost-effective way to help humanity by effective altruists, it was surely a reasonably good cause for a famous and politically popular man to dedicate himself to.
Needless to say, however, Powell continued to be involved in American political life. His sky-high poll numbers ensured hed be buzzed about as a possible presidential or vice presidential nominee, either as a moderate Republican or as an independent. Realistically, that wasnt in the cards, and Powell was smart enough to know it. But his support for George W. Bush during the 2000 campaign lent him valuable credibility, and his recruitment to serve as Bushs first secretary of state was considered an important political and substantive coup by Bush.
So what about the charity? Well, Powells wife, Alma Powell, took it over. And it kept raking in donations from corporate America. Ken Lay, the chair of Enron, was a big donor. He also backed a literacy-related charity that was founded by the then-presidents mother. The US Department of State, at the time Powell was secretary, went to bat for Enron in a dispute the company was having with the Indian government.
http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/8/30/12690444/alma-powell-clinton-foundation
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(52,209 posts)so it's a completely different ethical situation, see?
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)debacle in history, one for which we will pay FOREVER
forever!!!!!!!
why should we believe Anything he ever says?
what a dick
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that'll keep you busy for a very long time