Photograph of Gen. Colin Powell with President Clinton and Vice Pres. Al Gore

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A framed black-and-white photograph of General Colin L. Powell with President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore. This photograph (a) captures the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Powell (center), President Bill Clinton (right), and Vice President Al Gore (left) standing close together, in the middle of a meeting at the White House, in Washington, D.C. General Powell is dressed in one of his four-star General Service uniforms and listens intently, with his head tilted, to President Clinton speaking. To General Powell’s proper right stands Vice President Gore, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, and patterned necktie. President Clinton wears a white shirt and dark necktie and holds papers in both of his hands, with a pen between his proper left fingers. Behind and between General Powell and President Clinton Defense Secretary Les Aspin is partially visible. In the bottom sheet of the photograph are two handwritten inscriptions.

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