The Life and Career of Colin Powell

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🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Colin Powell, who in four decades of public service helped shape U.S. national security, died on Monday. He was 84. Despite a stellar career, Mr. Powell had expressed a fear that he would be remembered for a single event: his role in leading his country to war in Iraq. We look back on the achievements and setbacks of a trailblazing life. Guest: Robert Draper, writer for The New York Times Magazine and author of “To Start a War: How the Bush Administration Took America into Iraq.”

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0:40.5	Today, across three presidencies, Colin Powell served as America's top soldier diplomat
0:53.3	and national security adviser.
0:56.4	His great fear was that he would be remembered for just one moment.
1:03.2	I spoke with my colleague Robert Draper from the Times magazine.
1:11.4	It's Tuesday, October 19th.
1:24.6	Robert, what were you thinking when you heard the news just a few hours ago that Colin
1:30.1	Powell had died?
1:31.7	The first thing that came to mind, Michael, was a conversation that I learned that then
1:37.8	Secretary of State Colin Powell had had with actually more than one individual.
1:41.6	It was the year 2004.
1:43.6	It was to be his last year as Secretary of State and the Bush administration and the Iraq
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