Photo with autograph was delivered to me in the early 1990's in appreciation for assistance I provided to one of his intelligence agents sent to Miami International Airport on a fact-finding mission.

General Powell served as National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993, and as the 65th U. S. Secretary of State from January 20, 2001 until January 23, 2005 under President George W. Bush.