Colin Powell dies, trailblazing general stained by Iraq

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Powell is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, his family said. But he faced several illnesses, telling Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward over the summer that he had Parkinson’s disease.

Powell’s longtime aide, Peggy Cifrino, said Monday that she too has been treated for the past few years for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that interferes with the body’s ability to fight infection.

Studies have shown that these cancer patients do not get as much protection as healthier people from the COVID-19 vaccine.

In Washington where the partisan divide is deepening, Democrats and Republicans remember Powell fondly. Flags were ordered to be lowered on government buildings, including the White House, Pentagon and State Department.

President Joe Biden said Powell “realized the highest ideals of soldiers and diplomats.”

Noting Powell’s rise from childhood in a bustling New York City neighborhood, Biden said: “He believed in America’s promises because he lived them.