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welcome to bbc news, i m lucy grey. our top stories: tributes to colin powell, the first african american to be appointed us secretary of state, who has died at the age of 8a. he gave the state department the very best of his leadership, his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency, and the state department loved him for it. let us keep silence. a minute s silence as members of the british parliament remember one of their own, paying tribute to sir david amess who was killed in a knife attack on friday. donald trump files a lawsuit against the select committee investigating the attack on congress, as he tries to keep records from his presidency secret.
secretary of state tony blinken to speak. we came to the state department after a long and extraordinary career in the u.s. armed forces. he was general powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs when we walked no the office to be sworn in as our nation s top diplomat. after that, he was mr. secretary. he gave the state department the very best of his leadership. his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency, and the state department loved him for it. secretary powell trusted the career workforce here. he empowered them. he made sure that the desk officer who knew a particular country or issue most deeply was the one who got to brief him or the president. he told his staff that they didn t need to worry about getting the fancy lunches, hamburgers and hot dogs were just fine. when he hopped on to the
here at the state department at c. street, and at our embassies and consulate thes around the world. he came to the state department after a long and extraordinary career in the u.s. armed forces. he was general powell, former chairman of the joint chiefs. when he walked into the oval office to be sworn in as our nation s top diplomat. after that he was mr. secretary. he gave the state department the very best of his leadership, his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency. and the state department loved him for it. secretary powell trusted the career work force here. he empowered them. he made sure that the desk officer who knew a particular country or issue most deeply was the one who got to brief in for the president. he told his staff that hay didn t need to worry about getting his fancy lunches, hamburgers and hot dogs were just fine. when he hopped onto the elevator
of his major legacies today, andrea. thank you so much, courtney, and i didn t mean to interrupt, but i was just so struck by those comments by general austin. as you point out, courtney, one of the people who was a mentee very recently, in fact, last july, when he was being named and had then taken over as secretary of state, was secretary of state antony blinken who spoke about that today just now. he gave the state department the very best of his leadership, his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency. and the state department loved him for it. secretary powell trusted the career work force here. he empowered them. he treated people the way he expected them to treat each other. and he recalled that it was on july 4th that he spent several hours with general powell getting his best advice as to how to be a foreign policy leader and how to work within the political context. kelly o donnell, you know that