the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america s first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine don t start a war unless you know how you are going to end it. in many ways, he was a reluctant warrior, having been injured during the vietnam war, but if force is to be used, then let it be overwhelming. our strategy to go after this
the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america s first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine don t start a war unless you know how you are going to end it. in many ways, he was a reluctant warrior, having been injured during the vietnam war, but if force is to be used, then let it be overwhelming. our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we re going to cut it off and then
build support for the iraq war. our north american editor looks back at his life. general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america s first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine don t start a war unless you know how
of the american dream. the first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america s first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine don t start a war unless you know how you are going to end it. in many ways, he was a reluctant warrior, having been injured during the vietnam war,
daniel sandford, bbc news, new scotland yard. and we ll find out how this story and many others are covered in tomorrow s front pages at 10:30pm and 11:30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are broadcaster penny smith, and martin bentham from the evening standard. the former us secretary of state colin powell has died at the age of 84 following complications from covid 19, although he was fully vaccinated. he was the country s top military officer before becoming its first african american secretary of state during the presidency of george bush. the former us secretary of state colin powell has he s perhaps best remembered for arguing at the un for war against iraq based on intelligence about their weapons of mass destruction intelligence which turned out to be false. 0ur north america editorjon sopel looks back at his life. until saddam hussain s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america s