But, having caved to pressure as Secretary of State and joined in the Big Lie about WMD in Iraq, he now shills for the for-profit side of higher education:
June 8, 2011
Colin Powell Advises For-Profit College Leaders to 'Self-Police' and 'Fight Back'
By Goldie Blumenstyk
Grapevine, Tex.
Colin L. Powell, the former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who is now an adviser to an investment firm whose holdings include stakes in several for-profit colleges, told his new colleagues in that industry on Wednesday that they should "self-police" and operate with best ethical standards, but should also "do a better job" of making the case to Congress and the American people about their institutions' value.
More: http://chronicle.com/article/Colin-Powell-Advises/127858/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
And to think, I once was ready to vote for him for President! Well, he certainly has become a cottage industry in his own right:
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