Colin Powell

Family, former colleagues and friends honored Colin Powell’s “Life well lived” during a funeral service.

“It’s important to vaccinate the immunocompromised…but also the people around the immunocompromised, so that they don’t end up spreading the infection to them. So that we create a protective cocoon around these people until we reach herd immunity,” says Dr. Sravanti Teegavarapu of the Baylor College of Medicine.

Powell’s three children — Linda, Annemarie, and Michael — will remember him for the bigger role he played: dad and grandpa.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday talked about the accomplishments of former Secretary of State Colin Powell and how much he inspired others.

Colin Powell, the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state, who passed away Monday, died from COVID-19 complications, even though he had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The late Colin Powell credited his massive success to “13 rules” that he outlined in his 2012 memoir, “It Worked For Me: In Life and Leadership.”

The late Colin Powell was the first Black Secretary of State and deeply studied African American military history, says Brandeis University’s Chad Williams. “We need to remember him as part of that tradition. A tradition that is rife with struggle, with pain, with institutionalized racism, but also with heroic achievement and accomplishment,” Williams said.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made brief remarks about his “personal friend” Colin Powell, while traveling in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died due to complications from COVID-19.

Colin Powell died Monday from COVID-19 complications at the age of 84. While Powell had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, he was also immunocompromised. Powell underwent prostate cancer treatment in 2003 and his longtime aide Peggy Cifrino said he had been treated over the past few years for multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.

Colin Powell, the former secretary of State and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from Covid complications at the age of 84.

Cindy McCain became the latest high profile Republican to openly rebuke President Trump on Monday, revealing she plans to cross party lines to support Joe Biden’s bid for the White House.

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After a week in which President Donald Trump threatened to use military force against protesters, Colin Powell and other retired military leaders blasted the commander in chief for taking steps they say will harm the relationship between the military and U.S. citizens.

A Marine Corps veteran who decided to pull over to the side of the Beltway to help someone with a flat tire didn’t expect he’d see the face of a man he had long admired.

CBS on Tuesday announced former secretaries Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell will appear on drama’s fifth season premiere on Oct. 7.

A 97-year-old World War II veteran will be given the highest honor France bestows on non-citizens for his service.