现任美国国务卿鲍威尔将军是美国的一位风云人物。他是行伍出身,从一名下士一直擢升到美国在世的唯一的一位四星上将。在海湾战争中,他出任联军总司令,夸口说在100个小时之内就能结束战争,当时很多人认为他过于自信,但事实证明果如其言。在2000年总统大选中,他是共和党的首选人物,可是他谦虚地认为他并不适合做总统,做国务卿比较合适,才把竞选 General Powell, the current U.S. Secretary of State, is a prominent figure in the United States. He is the only four-star general who came from a Corporal who has been promoted to the United States. In the Gulf War, he became the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, boasting that the war could be ended within 100 hours when many believed him to be overconfident, but it turned out to be the case. He was the preferred Republican figure in the 2000 presidential election, but he modestly considered him unsuitable for president and Secretary of State more appropriate for the election