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Monday, October 18, 2021
George W. Bush hails Powell as ‘great public servant’
Former US president George W. Bush, who picked Colin Powell as his secretary of state, pays tribute to the late top diplomat and war hero as a “great” man who counseled multiple presidents.
“He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam,” Bush says in a statement, adding that the former national security advisor and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was “highly respected at home and abroad.”
Powell died on Monday of complications from Covid-19 at age 84.