U.S. & Maryland Leaders React To News Of Gen. Colin Powell’s Death

BALTIMORE, Md. (WJZ) — As connection dispersed Monday of General State Colin Powell’s passing, truthful excessively did reactions from nationalist officials whose lives helium touched.

Powell, who was afloat vaccinated, died Monday greeting of complications resulting from COVID-19, his household announced successful a Facebook post. He was 84.

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“We privation to convey the aesculapian unit astatine Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring treatment,” his household wrote. “We person mislaid a singular and loving husband, father, gramps and a large American.”

Powell, a vocation subject man, roseate done the ranks to go president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff successful 1989. He made past erstwhile helium became the archetypal Black U.S. Secretary of State successful 2001.

In a statement, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan called Powell a trailblazer and said the general’s “remarkable beingness of work embodied what it meant to enactment state first.”

“As our archetypal Black Secretary of State, president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and nationalist information adviser, helium was a existent trailblazer whose emotion for America ever surpassed idiosyncratic ambition,” Hogan said successful part.

General Powell’s singular beingness of work embodied what it meant to enactment state first. My afloat statement: pic.twitter.com/LNmhZQ5bXg

— Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) October 18, 2021

President George W. Bush, 1 of respective presidents Powell straight advised during his career, besides lamented the passing of the wide successful a connection posted connected societal media.

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“He was specified a favourite of Presidents that helium earned the President Medal of Freedom — twice. He was highly respected astatine location and abroad. And astir important, Colin was a household antheral and a friend,” Bush said.

"Laura and I are profoundly saddened by the decease of Colin Powell. He was a large nationalist servant, starting with his clip arsenic a worker during Vietnam." – President George W. Bush

Read the afloat statement: https://t.co/kSlMbGelOm

— George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) October 18, 2021

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson described Powell arsenic an “irreplaceable” statesman and advisor to U.S. presidents who near a lasting bequest connected the nation.

“We are each grateful for his life’s dedication to America, which began with work successful Vietnam to the autumn of the Berlin Wall, from the archetypal Gulf War to 9/11,” Ferguson said. “Secretary Powell helped steer our federation for decades amidst analyzable and analyzable times, each the portion starring with integrity and a dependable motivation compass.”

Colin Powell was a large American who served our federation with grant and dignity. On behalf of the full Senate of Maryland, I nonstop our deepest condolences to his household and mourn the nationalist nonaccomplishment of Secretary Powell. pic.twitter.com/Lpn9n6eaat

— Bill Ferguson (@SenBillFerg) October 18, 2021

U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown, D-Md., remembered Powell arsenic a “model soldier, subject leader, nationalist servant, statesman, and patriot,” whose vocation acceptable an “example for what was imaginable arsenic a Black antheral successful America.”

“Our state has mislaid a hero,” Brown said. “An American who recognized his ain faults and failings, but nevertheless persevered to proceed to bash everything successful his powerfulness to work his state and marque it stronger.”

Powell is survived by his wife, Alma, and the couple’s 3 children.

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Reporting by CNN contributed to this report.