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Colin Powell

April 2024

  • Journalist Salah Al-Ejaili at his home in Sweden

    ‘Correct a black mark in US history’: former prisoners of Abu Ghraib get day in court

    Jury trial against military contractor CACI over ‘sadistic, blatant and wanton abuses’ comes 20 years after scandal broke

November 2021

  • Gen. Colin Powell Memorial Services at Washington National Cathedral, District of Columbia, United States - 05 Nov 2021<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI/REX/Shutterstock (12590640h) Honor guards bring the casket of retired Army general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell into the National Cathedral for memorial services in Washington, DC, November 5, 2021. Colin Powell died October 18, at the age of 84, of complications from COVID-19 after a battle with brain cancer. Photo Ken Cedeno/UPI Gen. Colin Powell Memorial Services at Washington National Cathedral, District of Columbia, United States - 05 Nov 2021

    Colin Powell honored by presidents and dignitaries at memorial in Washington

    Service for former secretary of state at National Cathedral attended by Biden, Bush and Obama, but not Trump

21 October 2021

  • ‘Being an American of African descent engenders a mutual sense of knowing among those whose existences are defined by the first paragraphs of their lives.’

    Politics aside, Colin Powell was a Black man in America

  • ‘Again and again throughout his storied rise, Powell made Faustian bargains, publicly endorsing military excursions, including both Iraq wars, that he privately admitted were risky enterprises.’

    Colin Powell: a life served as fodder for US imperialism

    Cynthia A Young

19 October 2021

  • Colin Powell, former US secretary of state and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman. Scanned from archive print. Date stamped 10 October 1995. GNM Archive reference: OBS/6/9/2/6/P box 7.

    Colin Powell: the man who might have been America’s first Black president

  • Colin Powell at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia in August 2000.

    US politics live with Joan E Greve
    Washington mourns death of ‘trailblazer’ Colin Powell as tributes pour in – as it happened

18 October 2021

  • Colin Powell in Washington in 2009. George W Bush called Powell ‘a great public servant. He was highly respected at home and abroad.’

    Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies at 84 of Covid complications

  • Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state, has died aged 84 from Covid complications. He was a retired four-star general who served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in the early 1990s

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    Colin Powell, former US secretary of state, dies aged 84 – video obituary

  • Colin Powell speaks during a 2003 news conference in Washington DC.

    ‘The court of God will be waiting for him’: Iraqis react to Colin Powell’s death

  • Colin Powell with George W Bush in 2000.

    Joe Biden leads tributes to ‘dear friend’ and ‘patriot’ Colin Powell

  • Colin Powell’s UN speech: a decisive moment in undermining US credibility

  • Colin Powell obituary

  • Colin Powell: key facts from his life

  • Colin Powell discusses the most important element of leadership in 2011 speech – video

  • Colin Powell – a life in pictures

September 2020

  • Donald Trump watches from the door as David Rubenstein leaves following a meeting at Mar-a-lago in December 2016.

    'Trump has a different leadership style': David Rubenstein plays it by the book

    The billionaire philanthropist is publishing How to Lead, a selection of interviews with famous figures. Does he think the US needs a change of leader?

19 August 2020

  • In this image from video, Nola Kileleman His of the Northern Mariana Islands speaks during the state roll call vote on second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)

    Virtual roll call and emotional stories: key takeaways from the DNC's second night

    Democrats nominated Biden with a vibrant roll call that showed every US region as Ady Barkan called for better healthcare
  • Democratic National Convention - Day 2, USA - 18 Aug 2020<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Shutterstock (10748621z) In this image from the Democratic National Convention video feed, former United States Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic Party nominee for President of the US, right, greets his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, left, after she made remarks on the second night of the convention. Democratic National Convention - Day 2, USA - 18 Aug 2020

    US politics live with Joan E Greve
    Democratic convention: Jill Biden closes second night as Joe formally secures nomination – as it happened

    Joe Biden formally nominated for president at Democratic national convention while Ocasio-Cortez praises Sanders’ campaign
  • Second night of the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee<br>epa08611975 Democratic 2020 presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden is seen in a video feed from Delaware as he reacts with his wife Jill and his grandchildren at his side after winning the votes to become the Democratic Party’s 2020 nominee for president during the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention as seen at the Wisconsin Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 18 August 2020. EPA/BRIAN SNYDER / POOL

    Democrats formally nominate Joe Biden for president

    Second night of Democratic convention saw 17 rising stars in party deliver the keynote and an elevator operator nominate Biden

June 2020

  • Ex US Secretary of State Colin Powell has backed Joe Biden for president

    Colin Powell endorses Joe Biden for US president

    Ex-secretary of state and military leader during Bush presidencies becomes first major Republican to back Trump’s Democratic rival
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