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Article: Gen. Colin Powell plays key role in solving impasse in Haiti.
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- Jet
- Article date:
- October 3, 1994
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Millions of people around the world got a glimpse of why Gen. Colin Powell remains America's most beloved war hero.
In the last minutes of the crisis over sending troops into Haiti, Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, who led Army troops during the Persian Gulf assault, opposed the invasion on the grounds that the poor Caribbean island was not worth a single American death.
Gen. Powell, on the other hand, risked his life along with former President Jimmy Carter and Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn on a successful last-minute, high-profile peace attempt in Haiti.
Political observers were wary of the trio carrying on negotiations in a country without a stable ...