Colin Powell, a military officer and state official, died of Covid's 84-year-old complications.
Powell, who had served in the military since the early days of the Vietnamese era during the first American-Iraq war, was the first black national chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of State.
Upon hearing the news of his death, the leaders and his colleagues praised him as a leader and a hero. Former President George W. Bush, Powell, who served as Secretary of State, praised him for his “great public service.”
Powell's death has also brought back memories of one of the darkest moments in his distinguished career.
After 40 years of serving in the United States as a top US soldier, strategist and national security adviser, Powell's influence on building American unity was thwarted by his war in Iraq, which began in 2003. After the United States entered the long wars in the Middle East, Powell admitted he was supported by his war in Iraq.
"It erased my record, but - you know - there is nothing I can do to change that distance," he said in 2011.
Powell's family announced his death Monday on Facebook.
"General Colin L. Powell, former US Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19," Powell's family wrote on Facebook.(ads2)
"We have lost a husband, a father, a grandfather and a great American, who is loving and loving," the family said, realizing she had been completely vaccinated.
The family thanked the staff of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland, where Powell received care.
He had multiple myeloma, according to NBC News. It is a type of blood cancer that impairs the body's ability to fight infections.
Powell, the son of Jamaican immigrants, during Reagan's administration became the first national security adviser.
President George HW Bush has nominated Powell to become the youngest black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role, he observed the operation of the American Desert Storm during the Persian Gulf War.
After 35 years in the military, Powell retired from the U.S. Army. As a four-star manager in 1993. He has been mentioned as a potential candidate for the presidency on a number of occasions.
In 2001, he became the first Black Secretary of State under the younger Bush in a nomination made on the basis of the transition from military to political.
As the nation's foremost strategist, Powell faced an unprecedented eight-month mission on a mission in which 19 soldiers allied with al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militants hijacked commercial aircraft with the aim of committing suicide attacks targeted in the United States.
On the heels of the terrorist attacks on September 11, Powell backed a military response to al-Qaeda.
Shortly afterwards, the Bush administration turned to Iraq. Speaking of the attack, Powell warned Bush in 2002 that "once you break it, you will be his own," referring to Iraq.
After being given a spy test that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had accumulated a dangerous and dangerous weapon, Powell went to the United Nations to commit an American case against Iraq. In early 2003, during a 75-minute speech, Powell gave the international community the wisdom that Iraq has the weapons of mass destruction and the desire to produce more. A lot of information turned out to be incorrect.
Powell would later refer to the phrase as "blot" in his record. In 2016, he said the speech "was a major failure in intelligence."
Bush paid tribute to Powell in a statement Monday.
“Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell. She has been a good public servant, since her military service during the Vietnam War, ”Bush, a former wife of Laura Bush, wrote in a statement.
“He was so popular with the Presidents that he won the President's Medal of Freedom - twice. He was highly respected at home and abroad, "Bush wrote, adding that" many presidents rely on General Powell's advice and knowledge. "
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense during the first Gulf War, also paid tribute to Powell.
"I am deeply saddened to hear that the United States has lost a leader and a statesman," Cheney said in a statement. “General Powell had an outstanding career, and I was fortunate enough to work with him. He was a man who loved his country and worked for him for a long time and he was beautiful. ”
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