Colin Powell's 60-Year-Old Selfie Schools Your Mirror Pic

 By 
Neha Prakash
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Colin Powell's 60-Year-Old Selfie Schools Your Mirror Pic
Credit: Colin Powell

Who says politicians can't hang on the Internet?

Colin Powell proved he was ahead of his time by posting a selfie from his younger days to his Facebook page. Throwback Thursday, indeed.

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Post by General Colin L. Powell.

The former U.S. Secretary of State was just 16 years old in the image. Guess much hasn't changed for teenagers and mirror pics in the past 60 years.

Powell joins a long line of politicians who have jumped on the selfie bandwagon, including another Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, and even President Barack Obama.

Now just imagine what he could have done with a front-facing camera and a Hefe filter.

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