Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies from covid complications

  • In this Dec. 16, 2000 file photo, President-elect Bush smiles as he introduces retired Gen. Colin Powell (left) as his nominee to be secretary of state during a ceremony in Crawford, Texas. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from covid-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)
    In this Dec. 16, 2000 file photo, President-elect Bush smiles as he introduces retired Gen. Colin Powell (left) as his nominee to be secretary of state during a ceremony in Crawford, Texas. Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from covid-19 complications. In an announcement on social media Monday, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. He was 84. (DAVID J. PHILLIP/Associated Press)

    WASHIINGTON — Colin Powell, the trailblazing soldier and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained by his faulty claims to justify the 2003 U.S.…