Republicans Tout Commitment to Children, Education
Retired Army Gen. Colin L. Powell capped off the first night of the Republican National Convention with a call to arms to help America’s children.
“It’s time to stop building jails in America and get back to the task of building our children,” said Mr. Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the current chairman of America’s Promise—The Alliance for Youth, a national campaign that promotes volunteerism on behalf of young people. “The problem is us—the burden is on us, not on our children.”
Gen. Powell was the last in a series of speakers Monday evening who sounded the day’s theme to “leave no child behind.” Several educators addressed the convention here yesterday, as well as Texas Gov. George W. Bush’s wife, Laura, who talked...
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