Imagine being with the late Colin Powell, who was Secretary of State and a U.S. Army general, traveling around the world looking out for U.S. interests while maintaining diplomacy at nearly all costs. It’s tough to imagine everything he faced that shaped the 1990s and beyond.
Another set of eyes was on the scene, and that was Leslie Lautenslager, the executive assistant who captured it all in her book "My Time with General Colin Powell, Stories of Kindness, Diplomacy, & Protocol." She will be in Fredericksburg on March 12 to talk about her experience.
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