Major breaking news: Colin Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has died from COVID complications, according to his family. He was 84 and fully vaccinated.
The Powell family: "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American." 
Good pull from the Powell archives here:
https://twitter.com/LiberalTed/status/1450070514509041665
Retired Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling: “All the spouses would tell you that they trusted Powell ... We trusted him, certainly as fellow soldiers, but the families trusted him just as much.”
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin: “I feel as if I have a hole in my heart ... Quite frankly, it is not possible to replace a Colin Powell.”
President Biden on the passing of General Colin Powell:
“Colin embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat… Time and again, he put country before self, before party, before all else—in uniform and out—and it earned him the universal respect of the American people.”
“Colin embodied the highest ideals of both warrior and diplomat… Time and again, he put country before self, before party, before all else—in uniform and out—and it earned him the universal respect of the American people.”
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