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Former Sec. of State Colin Powell volition beryllium remembered Friday successful a memorial work astatine the National Cathedral successful Washington, D.C.
Powell died connected Oct. 18 astatine the property of 84 from complications of COVID-19. Though helium had been vaccinated against the virus, helium was battling aggregate myeloma — a humor crab that breaks down a person's immune system.
Powell was calved successful 1937 successful New York City. He joined the Army astatine a young age, yet rising to the fertile of general.
After serving successful the Vietnam War, Powell held respective apical subject and defence positions successful the national government. He roseate done the ranks successful the nationalist information adviser's bureau and served successful the relation nether President Ronald Reagan from 1987 to 1989.
He aboriginal served arsenic the president for the Joint Chiefs of Staff nether Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
As chairman, Powell oversaw the warfare successful the Persian Gulf and Operation Desert Storm.
But Powell is champion known for serving arsenic caput of authorities nether President George W. Bush during Bush's archetypal term. Powell served arsenic America's apical diplomat during the Sept. 11 panic attacks and amid the commencement of the wars successful some Afghanistan and Iraq.
In the lead-up to the warfare successful Iraq, Powell appeared successful beforehand of the United Nations to laic retired the Bush administration's lawsuit for initiating the conflict. While helium told the UN that helium was acrophobic astir Iraq's weapons program, his grounds included faulty intelligence. He aboriginal admitted that his grounds to the UN was a "blot" connected his record.
Powell was the archetypal Black antheral to service arsenic caput of state. In Bush's 2nd term, helium would relinquish his station to Condoleezza Rice, a Black woman.
Powell's memorial work is scheduled to statesman astatine noon ET connected Friday.
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