Former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell, died Monday morning due to complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement. "He was fully vaccinated.

From the streets of New York to the Vietnam battlefields and the power corridors of Washington, Colin Powell broke racial barriers to become one of the nation’s top diplomats. Beside him all ...

Ten days before I boarded a plane to Afghanistan in January 2015, I wore my Army Dress Blues to my grandmother's funeral. The last time she saw me in my Dress Blues, I was graduating from West ...

American statesman Colin Powell was a four-star general who served as national security adviser and later secretary of state. He was also the first Black secretary of state. He passed away on Oct ...

An archived version of the Arlington National Cemetery website's "prominent military figures" page from late February 2025 displayed Powell's biography beginning with the sentence, "General Colin ...

The story of how Colin Powell was promoted to brigadier general and received his first star challenges Pete Hegseth's ideas about diversity in the military. Nov. 20, 2024, 6:00 AM EST By Michele ...

Alma Powell, a civic leader and widow of retired Gen. Colin L. Powell, the first Black national security adviser, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state, died July 28 at a ...

Colin Powell was determined to do something about it. He first received a $5,000 pledge from the commander of the Fort for a plaque, but that wouldn’t get it.

Powell was far from the first or the last defense official to wield PowerPoint slides for militaristic ends. PowerPoint has become so ingrained in U.S. military culture that phrases like “death ...

Zachary Diaz, left, and Elizabeth Haynie Wainstein, of The Potomack Compan,y display items from the estate of Gen. Colin Powell on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat) ...

One (1) US Army star insignia pin worn by General Colin L. Powell. The metal pin is in the shape of a single, five-point silver star and is missing the two brass-colored metal backings. Credit Line ...

An archived version of the Arlington National Cemetery website's "prominent military figures" page from late February 2025 displayed Powell's biography beginning with the sentence, "General Colin ...