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		</div><p>Colin Powell, the former US joint chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from Covid-19 complications, his family said.</p>
<p>In an announcement on social media, the family said Mr Powell, who was 84, had been fully vaccinated.</p>
<p>“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father and grandfather and a great American,” the family said.</p>
<p>Mr Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state.</p>
<p>His reputation also suffered a painful setback when, in 2003, Mr Powell went before the UN Security Council and made the case for the war against Iraq.</p>
<p>“We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father and grandfather and a great American,” the family said.</p>
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<p>Mr Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary of state.</p>
<p>His reputation also suffered a painful setback when, in 2003, Mr Powell went before the UN Security Council and made the case for the war against Iraq.</p>
<p>He cited faulty information claiming Saddam Hussein had secretly stashed away weapons of mass destruction.</p>
<p>Iraq’s claims that it had not represented “a web of lies”, he told the world body.</p>
<p>Former US president George W. Bush said he and former first lady Laura Bush were “deeply saddened” by Mr Powell’s death.</p>
<figure id="attachment_170754" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-170754" style="width: 1442px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/1271CA42-FD83-4DE8-846E-9DC54A7AB9F1.jpeg" alt="" width="1442" height="581" class="size-full wp-image-170754" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-170754" class="wp-caption-text">President George W. Bush takes part in round table discussion on HIV/Aids with Tony Blair, Hilary Benn and Colin Powell</figcaption></figure>
<p>“He was a great public servant” and “widely respected at home and abroad,” Mr Bush said.</p>
<p>“And most important, Colin was a family man and a friend.</p>
<p>“Laura and I send Alma and their children our sincere condolences as they remember the life of a great man.”</p>
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