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Colin Luther Powell (/ ˈ k oʊ l ɪ n ˈ p aʊ ə l / KOH-lin POW-əl; April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first Black secretary of state.
Nov 5, 2021 · Colin Powell was former President George W. Bush's first Cabinet selection when he was announced as the 43rd President's nomination for secretary of state, and with his expertise in foreign...
Oct 18, 2021 · President Biden called Colin L. Powell a “patriot of unmatched honor and dignity” and ordered government flags to fly at half-staff through Friday. Mr. Powell was the nation’s first Black ...
Oct 18, 2021 · General Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and a former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications of COVID-19. He was 84.
Oct 18, 2021 · A decorated general and persuasive diplomat, Powell was the first Black American to hold the positions of national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state.
- Nora Mcgreevy
Oct 18, 2021 · He was General Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs, when he walked into the Oval Office to be sworn in as our nation’s top diplomat. After that, he was Mr. Secretary. He gave the State Department the very best of his leadership, his experience, his patriotism.
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Nov 5, 2021 · As the nation’s chief diplomat under George W. Bush, Powell delivered a well-known speech to the United Nations Security Council in February 2003 laying out the White House argument for...
