General Colin L. Powell Welcomed as 12th Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff

General Colin L. Powell, US Army, is welcomed as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by Secretary of Defense Richard B. “Dick” Cheney, during a ceremony at the Pentagon parade field, Arlington, Virginia, on October 3, 1989. Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration.
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