Classmate and friend Mo Hanan writes in the Huffington Post of his encounter with Colin Powell in Harvard Yard at our 25th reunion in 1993.

“Attitudes and circumstances have changed,” Powell said [last week]. “It’s been a whole generation” since the [don’t-ask-don’t-tell] legislation was adopted, and there is increased “acceptance of gays and lesbians in society,” he said. “Society is always reflected in the military. It’s where we get our soldiers from.”

Colin Powell Changes His Tune