Editing Colin Powell (section)

===After the Vietnam War===
[[File:Nixon Contact Sheet WHPO-E0416 Colin Powell.jpg|thumb|left|Richard Nixon and Powell, 1973]]
When he returned to the U.S. from Vietnam in 1971, Powell earned a [[Master of Business Administration]] degree from [[George Washington University]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name="Education" /><ref name="BBC Obit." /> He later served a [[White House Fellows]]hip under President [[Richard Nixon]] from 1972 to 1973. During 1975–1976 he attended the [[National War College]], Washington, D.C.<ref name=BrownWagner>{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Warren|last2=Wagner|first2=Heather Lehr|title=Colin Powell: Soldier and Statesman|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|pages=41, 43}}</ref>

In his autobiography, ''My American Journey'', Powell named several officers he served under who inspired and mentored him. As a [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|lieutenant colonel]] commanding 1st Battalion, [[32nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|32nd Infantry]], 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea, Powell was very close to his division commander, Major General [[Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson]], whom he regarded as one of the most caring officers he ever met.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bolger |first=Daniel P. |date=2017 |title=Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwjhDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT338 |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Da Capo Press |page=338 |isbn=978-0-3069-0324-3 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Emerson insisted his troops train at night to fight a possible North Korean attack, and made them repeatedly watch the television film ''[[Brian's Song]]'' to promote racial harmony. Powell always professed that what set Emerson apart was his great love of his soldiers and concern for their welfare. After a [[race riot]] occurred, in which African-American soldiers almost killed a white officer, Powell was charged by Emerson to crack down on [[Black Power|black militants]]; Powell's efforts led to the discharge of one soldier, and other efforts to reduce racial tensions.<ref name="CNN1996" /> During 1976–1977 he commanded the 2nd Brigade of the [[101st Airborne Division]].<ref name="CNN staff"/>

Powell subsequently served as the junior military assistant to [[United States Deputy Secretary of Defense|deputy secretaries of defense]] [[Charles Duncan Jr.|Charles Duncan]] and [[W. Graham Claytor Jr.|Graham Claytor]], receiving a promotion to brigadier general on 1 June 1979.<ref name="Journey" />{{rp|588}} At the ceremony, he received from Secretary [[Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)|Harold Brown's]] protocol officer, Stuart Purviance, a framed quotation by President [[Abraham Lincoln]]. The quote was "I can make a brigadier general in five minutes. But it's not so easy to replace one hundred ten horses". Taped to the back of the frame was an envelope with instructions that it not be opened for ten years. When Powell opened the note in 1989, after he had become Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he read Purviance's prediction that Powell would become [[Chief of Staff of the United States Army]]. Powell wrote that he kept the Lincoln quote as a reminder to remain humble despite his rank and position.<ref name="Journey" />{{rp|590}}