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Colin Powell: As General Powell says, this is not a crisis, it is a catastrophe.

On the recordMay 11, 2009
As General Powell says, this is not a crisis, it is a catastrophe.
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Colin Powell

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Powell highlights the severity of the dropout crisis among young people.

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