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Oct 18, 2021 · Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state during the presidency of George W. Bush and led the first Gulf War as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has died at age 84 of complications from COVID-19 ...
Jun 17, 2024 · Colin Powell (born April 5, 1937, New York, New York, U.S.—died October 18, 2021, Bethesda, Maryland) was a U.S. general and statesman. He was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–93) and secretary of state (2001–05), the first African American to hold either position.
Oct 18, 2021 · Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell died Monday morning of complications from COVID-19, according to a statement from his family shared on his Facebook page. The four-star general was the ...
Oct 19, 2021 · The first sentence reads, “Colin L. Powell, who in four decades of public life served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat, and national security advisor, and whose speech at the United ...
Mar 4, 2007 · Colin Powell was a retired four-star United States Army General who was the first African American to serve as National Security Advisor, Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff, and Secretary of State. Colin Powell was born on April 5, 1937, in the Bronx, New York to Jamaican immigrant parents. He attended public schools in the Hunts Point area ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Colin Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to become the first Black U.S. secretary of state and top military officer but whose reputation was tainted in 2003 when he touted spurious ...
Oct 18, 2021 · Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state whose leadership in several Republican administrations helped shape American foreign policy in the last years of the 20th century and the early ...
