lot of my ultrasound appointments. in fact, he wasn t able to attend any of them. he wasn t able to attend any of the retrieval procedures as well. and so while i was going through that process, he was actually in the garage waiting in the car. making a lonely process even lonelier. . i think what people don t understand is that this process can be very isolating. it can be very lonely for women. both doctors say they love what they do but wish there was more support for young female physicians. . many of us are prioritizing our careers during the most fertile part of our lives what would you tell a young woman who wanted to go into medicine. i believe women can be selfie both professionally and personally. and i can that starts with starting the conversation at an early level. if we talk to medical students, premed students early on, especially our female trainees early on to say, hey, listen, this is something we should think about. change the system so trainees
in uniform. reporter: after a distinguished 35-year career, powell retired from the army in 1993. ten years later, the united states would become involved in another gulf war and powell again played a key role. my colleagues, every statement i make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. these are not assertions. what we re giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. reporter: then secretary of state powell made a case in front of the u.n. security council arguing that iraq posed a grave threat to the world because they said they had weapons of mass destruction. the following month, the u.s. invasion began. the war lasted more than eight years, no weapons of mass destruction ever turned up. i regret it now because the information was wrong. reporter: after four years as president george w. bush s secretary of state, powell returned to private life. he spent his civilian years empowering youth, promise alliance and the colin powell school
he was 84 years old. his family confirmed the news in a statement on facebook, saying they have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and great american. the powell family says he was fully vaccinated. they thanked the staff at walter reed national medical center for their caring treatment. powell served in multiple republican administrations, shaping american foreign policy over the last 20 years, also marking a number of firsts. wolf blitzer honors his life time of service. i will never not be a soldier. reporter: colin powell, a soldier turned statesman, made history on many fronts. the first african-american and youngest chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and later, the first african-american secretary of state. so i ve always felt strongly that you should try to solve conflicts in this world through negotiations, through diplomacy. any time we can solve a problem that way and not use force and satisfy our objectives, let s push for that.
cannes they re suppresses the body s immune response. powell held a variety of critically important roles in his lifetime of service to the united states secretary of state, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and four-star u.s. army general. his leadership in several republican administrations helped shape american foreign policy over the last four decades. at one point, he was considered a potential leading presidential candidate. but his story is also a complicated one marked by his speech before the united nations in 2003 to make the case for the invasion of iraq citing faulty intelligence about weapons of mass destruction. he would later call that decision a blot on his record. cnn s wolf blitzer looks back at the incredible life and career of general powell. i will never not be a soldier. reporter: colin powell, a soldier turned statesman made history on many fronts, the first african-american and youngest of the joint chiefs of staff and later the first africa
He served two tours in vietnam before earning a prestigious fellowship during the nixon era in 1972. afterwards, powell returned to his troops eventually becoming a general and went back to the white house in 1987 as president reagan s national security adviser. then in 1989, the general became the highest ranking officer in the u.s. military when president george h.w. bush named him chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we cut it off and we re going to kill it. reporter: his policy of overwhelming force against iraq became known as the powell doctrine. i express my sincere thanks to each and every one of you for being here to share my final day