Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was also the first African-American to serve as the country's top diplomat, died on Monday due to complications from COVID-19, according to his family. He was 84.Powell served as secretary of state for four years beginning in January 2001 under the administration of George W. Bush, with his career marred by his furthering of claims used to justify the war in Iraq that started in 2003.Just before the U.S. military invasion of the Middle East country, Powell presented intelligence to the United Nations supporting the claim that Iraq was deceivi…READ FULL ARTICLE
