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Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.
Colin Powell
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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Colin Luther Powell
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