A decorated soldier, Powell died due to complications from Covid-19 while being treated at Walter Reed National Medical Center, his family said
Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell salutes the audience as he takes the stage at the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, US, in this September 30 2015 file photo. Picture: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST
A decorated soldier who started as a second lieutenant, a rank earned as a Reserve Officer Training Corps student at City College of New York, Powell served in Vietnam, West Germany and South Korea before being put in charge of the 1990 Gulf War as chairperson of the joint chiefs of staff. Such idealism proved elusive, however, in the 2003 Iraq War to oust Hussein. As secretary of state, Powell was given the task of justifying an allied invasion. In a speech to the UN that included pictures he said were of mobile arms laboratories, he asserted there was “no doubt” that Hussein had hidden chemical and biological weapons.
In 2000, he declined to run again. The winner, George W. Bush, appointed him secretary of state, a post from which he resigned in 2004 when the evidence on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction was shown to be false. His resignation prompted some to lament the loss of a moderating voice within the administration and others to urge his successor to play a bigger role in policy decisions.
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