Colin Powell, U.S. Army General Turned Top Diplomat, Dies at 84
- Helped run two Iraq wars, wrote overwhelming force doctrine
- Intelligence he cited at UN to justify Iraq War proved false
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Colin Powell, who was born in Harlem to Jamaican immigrants and rose to become the U.S.’s first Black secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died. He was 84.
Powell died Monday due to complications from Covid-19, his family said on the general’s Facebook page. Powell was fully vaccinated and was being treated at Walter Reed National Medical Center, the family said.