Secretary of State Colin Powell

Secretary of State Colin Powell, Four Star General and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush

"Torture of any kind is unacceptable ... Torture is torture is torture. It is unacceptable. It is not the way you treat human beings." (CNN, May 17, 2004).