We are saddened to report former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, #ColinPowell has passed away this morning at the age of 84 due to complications of Covid-19. Colin Powell was the first African-American U.S. Secretary of State. The Powell family wrote on Facebook "We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American," they said noting, he was fully vaccinated. We are keeping his family and loved ones in our thoughts and prayers.