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PHOTOS: Colin Powell's life in public service

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Colin Powell died at age 84 on Monday. He spent much of his life in the military and served in the Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush administrations.(Image credit: Bob Pearson/AFP via Getty Images)

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The Guardian

Colin Powell – a life in pictures

Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state, has died from complications from Covid-19 aged 84, it was announced on Monday. Powell, a retired four-star general, was a key figure in the buildup to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the early 1990sContinue reading...

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Washington Post

Colin Powell — moments to remember

Through his years of service and sacrifice, Powell stands at the pinnacle of an enormous pyramid of public service in America.

3 years ago

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PHOTOS: Colin Powell's life in public service

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Real Clear Politics

Colin Powell's Fateful Moment

It's a terrible paradox in the life of Colin Powell, who died Monday, that the most important moment of his celebrated career came not when he led troops under fire in Vietnam, or when he orchestrated the successful expulsion of Iraqi invaders from Kuwait in 1991, or when he became the nation's first African American national-security adviser and Secretary of State.

3 years ago·Chicago, United States

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PBS NewsHour

Remembering the life and legacy of Colin Powell

Learn about the legacy of a man who served in the U.S. military and civilian government during crucial historic moments

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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Alternet

How Colin Powell paved the way for Trump

On February 5, 2003, Colin Powell gave the most important speech of his life. He argued before the United Nations that the George W. Bush administration should invade Iraq based on a bunch of evidence-free accusations that Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was developing weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). The theory drew heavily on a logical fallacy that then-Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld was fond of: "Simply because you do not have evidence …

3 years ago·Washington, United States

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