Former United States Secretary of State, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and National Security Adviser, Colin Powell, is dead.
Control TV reports that he died on Monday, at the age of 84.
His family announced his death in a statement on Facebook, saying the nation’s top soldier died of complications from Covid-19.
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He was fully vaccinated and was treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his family added.
Powell, in four decades of public life, served as the nation’s top soldier, diplomat and national security adviser.His speech at the United Nations (UN) in 2003 helped pave the way for the US to go to war in Iraq.
In 2008, Powell, who previously served in Republican administrations, endorsed Barack Obama for president ahead of his historic victory. Powell later became disenchanted with the Republican Party under former President Donald Trump.
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