He put that credibility on the line in February 2003 when, appearing before the United Nations as secretary of state, he made the case for war against Iraq. PowellвЂ™s view was that the United States should commit its military only when it had a clear and achievable political objective, a key element of what became known as the Powell Doctrine. Powell recalled being so irritated by her statement, вЂњI thought I would have an aneurysm.вЂќ military intervention in the Balkans, asking why the United States had built a superb military if it couldnвЂ™t be used in such circumstances. Both have recalled the time, during his final months as Joint Chiefs chairman, when she argued for a U.S.

Eulogists are to be Madeleine Albright, who was PowellвЂ™s immediate predecessor as the nationвЂ™s top diplomat Richard Armitage, who was deputy secretary under Powell and had known him since they served together in the Pentagon during the Reagan administration and PowellвЂ™s son Michael.Дuring her tenure as ambassador to the United Nations during the Clinton administration, Albright sometimes clashed with Powell, although they became good friends. President Joe Biden is expected to attend but not speak. Powell is being remembered at a funeral Friday at the Washington National Cathedral. Powell, the widely praised soldier-diplomat who rose from humble Bronx beginnings to become the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later served as the first Black secretary of state. Friends, family and former colleagues are honoring Colin L.

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