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There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening.

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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