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<p class=MsoNormal>For those of us who can’t get to Tulsa tomorrow, I’ve
got to tell you about who’s visiting OU tomorrow. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>BEST-SELLING AUTHOR AND 65<sup><span
style='position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt'>TH </span></sup>SECRETARY
OF STATE COLIN POWELL </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS
SEPT. 12 AT UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA </span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE </span></u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>CONTACT: OU Public Affairs, (405) 325-1701 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>NORMAN – Colin L. Powell,
U.S. Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005, will have a conversation with
University of Oklahoma students on “The Challenges Facing America”
at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, in the Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett
Music Center, 500 W. Boyd St. Additionally, a President’s Associates
reception, dialogue and dinner featuring OU President David L. Boren and
General Powell is scheduled that evening. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>“We’re honored to
welcome General Powell to our campus. He is admired not only as a public
servant but also because of his work as a civic volunteer in reaching out to
help others. His wide personal experience at the highest levels of our government
give him a unique perspective about the greatest challenges which our country
faces in the years ahead,” said OU President David L. Boren. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Upon becoming confirmed as the
65<sup><span style='position:relative;top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt'>th </span></sup>Secretary
of State on Jan. 20, 2001, Powell stated that his guiding principle of U.S.
foreign policy during his tenure was that “America stands ready to help
any country that wishes to join the democratic world.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Before becoming Secretary of
State, Powell served as a key aide to the Secretary of Defense and as a
National Security Adviser and also served 35 years in the U.S. Army, where he
rose to the rank of four-star general and served as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, he
oversaw 27 crises, including the Panama intervention and Operation Desert Storm
in the Persian Gulf War. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Following the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001, Powell joined the president and other members of the
president’s cabinet in the war on terror, stressing that it was a
diplomatic as well as a military task. Using diplomacy and the universal ideal
of democracy, he led the State Department in major efforts to solve regional
and civil conflicts, build trust and forge alliances in unstable areas, such as
the Middle East, the Sudan, Congo and Liberia, and, especially, Afghanistan and
Iraq. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Also concerned with the global
and regional security challenges of the 21<sup><span style='position:relative;
top:-4.0pt;mso-text-raise:4.0pt'>st </span></sup>century, Powell was at the
forefront of the administration’s efforts to advance economic and social
development worldwide – in the fight against HIV/AIDS; in the promise of
the Millennium Challenge Account, perhaps the most significant change in
helping needy nations since the post-World War II Marshall Plan; and in pursuing
a freer trading and investment climate worldwide. In testimony before the
Senate Foreign Relations Committee, then Secretary Powell affirmed that the
nation’s main purpose is to extend democracy, prosperity and freedom to
every corner of the world – a process that is establishing a balance of
power that favors freedom across the globe. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Powell was founding chairman of
America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth, a national crusade to
improve the lives of the nation’s youth that was established at the Presidents’
Summit for America’s Future in Philadelphia in 1997 and has been endorsed
by every living U.S. president. In March 2000, while chairman of
America’s Promise, Powell visited the OU Norman campus to deliver a
keynote address launching a student initiative on volunteerism: The Big Event.
That event now involves thousands of OU students, faculty and staff, who spend
one day in the spring performing service activities across central Oklahoma. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Powell is the author of his
best-selling autobiography, <i>My American Journey</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>He is the recipient of numerous
U.S. military and civilian awards and decorations, including twice being
awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civil award.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Since returning to private
life, Powell has become a strategic limited partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield
& Byers, the renowned Silicon Valley venture capital firm. He is the
founder of the Colin Powell Policy Center and he is helping to raise funds for
the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C., and for the
construction of an education center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=Default><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The address with Powell is open
to OU faculty, staff and students, with overflow seating available to the public.
For more information on the keynote address and accommodations on the basis of
disability, call the Office of Special Events at (405) 325-3784. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Pam McConahay<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Associate Director, University
of Oklahoma Financial Aid Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>1000 Asp Ave, Room 216, Norman,
OK 73019-4078<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>(405) 325-4617, Fax (405)
325-7608 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>pmcconahay@ou.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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