Photostream : Former US Secretary of State General Colin Powell meets President Barack Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (R) meet with former Secretary of State General Colin Powell (L) in the Oval Office of the White House December 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. According to a White House media release, Obama and Powell were expected to discuss various issues including education, and the ratifying the New START Treaty. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Former US Secretary of State General Colin Powell speaks during a meeting with US President Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, December 1, 2010, where they discussed a wide range of issues including education and the passage of the New START Treaty. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

U.S. President Barack Obama meets with former Secretary of State Colin Powell (L) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2010. (Getty Images / REUTERS/Jim Young )

US President Barack Obama speaks alongside former US Secretary of State General Colin Powell (L) during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, December 1, 2010, where they discussed a wide range of issues including education and the passage of the New START Treaty. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

US President Barack Obama listens to former US Secretary of State General Colin Powell (L) as he speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, December 1, 2010, where they discussed a wide range of issues including education and the passage of the New START Treaty. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)