Colin Powell

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Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir takes "cheap shots." (CBS via Associated Press)

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives for a luncheon for Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his wife, Alma, arrive at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

First lady Michelle Obama, fourth from right, President Obama, Alma Powell and her husband, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, with recipients of the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors -- from far left, Bill T. Jones, Jerry Herman, Merle Haggard, Oprah Winfrey and Paul McCartney -- attend the 2010 Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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** FILE ** Former Secretary of State Colin Powell addresses participants at the AWEA Wind Energy Fall Symposium in Phoenix on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/peterjordanphoto.com)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "They're all over my house, doing things whenever I call for repairs, and I'm sure you've seen them at your house," former Secretary of State Colin Powell said.

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman)

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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who as an Army general also was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman)