Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state, a top military officer and a national security adviser, died on Monday at age 84 due to complications from COVID-19.
as a “patriot of unmatched honor and dignity” and a man who “could drive his Corvette Stingray like nobody’s business.”as U.S. secretary of state, noted that “many presidents relied on General“He was such a favorite of presidents that he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom – twice,” Bush said, referring to a medal viewed as the U.S. government’s highest civilian award.served as U.S. national security adviser under Republican President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989.
The New York native considered running for president in 1996, but his wife Alma’s worries about his safety helped him decide otherwise. In 2008, he broke with his party to endorse Democrat Barack Obama, who became the first Black person elected to the White House. Illustrating his deep misgivings about the evolution of the Republican Party as it has moved to the right,endorsed Democrats Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and Biden last year against Donald Trump.Biden, who painted his 2020 presidential candidacy against Trump as a fight for the United States’ soul, thanked“I am forever grateful for his support of my candidacy for president and for our shared battle for the soul of the nation,” Biden said.
He admitted later that the presentation was rife with inaccuracies and twisted intelligence provided by others in the Bush administration and represented “a blot” that will “always be a part of my record.”‘s closest aides at the State Department, praised him for admitting the mistake.did that. He owned it. He owned his mistakes as much as his incredible successes,” Boucher said.
—Reporting by Will Dunham and Arshad Mohammed; Additional reporting by Doina Chiacu, Susan Heavey, Jonathan Landay, Jeff Mason Writing by Will Dunham, Arshad Mohammed and James Oliphant; Editing by Alex Richardson, Cynthia Osterman and Jonathan Oatis
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