COLIN POWELL 2002 Liberty Medal Recipient
2002 Liberty
Medal Recipient
"Among the leaders who are in the
forefront of supporting human liberties, and those who have earned respect for
their courage and resoluteness in upholding rights held dear by Americans
throughout their careers, Colin Powell is a giant."
Liberty Medal International Selection Commission
"As Abraham Lincoln said in 1861 on
this very spot as he was on his way to Washington
for his inauguration, ‘Liberty
was given not alone to the people of this country, but to the world, and for
all time…’ And so since 1776, we Americans have known what we value and what we
stand for: human liberty and the rights of humankind." ...more
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell
Liberty Medal acceptance speech, July 4,
2002
Colin Powell
Colin L.
Powell was the secretary of state, secretary for the U.S.
Department of State, is a member of the Clinton
Global Initiative, an overseer for the International
Rescue Committee, a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States (think tank), and his son is Michael K. Powell.
Note: William
J. Clinton is the founding chairman for the Clinton
Global Initiative, and was the chairman for the National Constitution Center.
George H.W.
Bush is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative,
and the chairman emeritus for the National
Constitution Center.
George Soros
is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative,
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote
Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Common Cause,
the Committee for Economic Development,
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Mary M.
Boies is a director at the International
Rescue Committee, and married to David
Boies.
David Boies
is married to Mary M. Boies, and a
trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Henry
Louis Gates Jr. was an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Richard
Dreyfuss is a governing board member for Common
Cause, and was a trustee at the National
Constitution Center.
Ellen
Alemany is a trustee at the Committee for
Economic Development, and a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Benjamin
W. Heineman Jr. is a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development, and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Anthony
C. Zinni is a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and was a trustee at the National Constitution Center.
Michael
K. Powell is Colin L. Powell’s son, and a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
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