Gen. Colin Powell dies at 84: a look back
Secretary of State designate Powell (L) urns to applaud his wife, Alma Powell, during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on January 17, 2001. Photo by Chris Corder/UPI
Powell testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill on May 10, 2001. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
President George W. Bush (L) explains the importance of a clean environment and his efforts to promote high standards for keeping the environment clean as Powell looks on, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2001. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Powell addresses the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS at U.N. headquarters in New York City on June 25, 2001. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
From left to right, Powell, President George W. Bush and Vice President Cheney meet with members of the national security team in the Cabinet Room of the White House following the 9/11 terrorist attacks on September 12, 2001. Photo by Ricardo Watson/UPI
Powell testifies before the House International Relations Committee on the international campaign against terrorism on October 24, 2001. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speak at a joint press conference at in Jerusalem on April 12, 2002. UPI File Pool Photo
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller (L) and Powell board the ship Danmark in Washington, D.C., on July 3, 2002. Powell and Moeller ate lunch aboard the ship and later held bilateral meetings to discuss issues affecting U.S.-Danish relations. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Powell appears before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing to discuss the Moscow treaty on July 9, 2002. The treaty is part of a plan to reduce strategic nuclear weapons stockpiles in Russia and the United States. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill and Powell testify before the Congressional Select Committee on Homeland Defense on Capitol Hill on July 11, 2002. The top four Cabinet secretaries testified in a dramatic show of force in support of President George W. Bush's proposed Department of Homeland Security. Photo by Chris Corder/UPI
From left to right, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Powell stand during ceremony where the Eternal Flame was lit in front of the Sphere in Battery Park in New York City on September 11, 2002, to honor those who died in the World Trade Center attack the year before. Photo by Ken Sawchuk/UPI
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (L) presents Powell with the Hans J. Morgenthau Award from the National Committee on American Foreign Policy in New York City on September 12, 2002. Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/UPI
Powell (L), and Annan share a hearty laugh during a press conference on the subjects of Israel and Iraq on September 17, 2002. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
Powell stands alone on stage before addressing the Bush administration's policy to help fight the global epidemic of AIDS, especially in Africa, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2002. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Members of the United Nations Security Council sit under video screens that were used by Powell during his address to the members on February 5, 2003. Powell tried to persuade skeptical council members that Iraq was concealing weapons of mass destruction and that war may be necessary to disarm them. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
Powell testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations committee regarding the State Department's budget on Capitol Hill on February 6, 2003. The committee members were more interested in Iraq, Korea and Afghanistan. Photo by Chris Corder/UPI
Powell (L) shakes hands with Maj. Gen.l Raymond T. Odierno, commander of U.S. Army 4th Infantry Division, during a stop at Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, on September 15, 2003. Photo by Charlein C. Sheets/RLW/AFIE
Powell smiles while testifying about the battle at the U.N. over a second resolution on Iraq and how the administration plans to pay for post-war reconstruction before the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Capitol Hill on March 13, 2003. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Powell (R) greets the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Vu Khoan to the State Department on December 5, 2003. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Powell testifies before the national commission reviewing the 9/11 terrorist attacks on March 23, 2004. Powell said there was virtually nothing the Bush administration could have done to prevent the attacks. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
National security adviser Condoleezza Rice (L) stands with Powell in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 28, 2004. Rice would eventually take over as Secretary of State after Powell resigned. Photo by Greg Whitesell/UPI
Powell (L) greets President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai before he addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill on June 15, 2004. Karzai said that the war on terror in his country was still in progress and asked for continued American support. Afghanistan has its first elections in the following weeks. Photo by Michael Kleinfeld/UPI
Bush (R) announces plans to create a national intelligence director on August 2, 2004, in the Rose Garden with Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge (L) and Powell listening. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell announces his resignation at the State Department on November 15, 2004. Powell said it was always his intention to serve one term, but that he will continue to perform his duties until a replacement has been found. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell (C) watches two Palestinian election officials as they work at the Central Election Comission of the West Bank town of Jericho on November 22, 2004. After top-level talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials, Powell said that Washington would support upcoming Palestinian elections to find a successor to late leader Yasser Arafat. UPI File Photo
Powell (L) walks with Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono after departing his plane in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia in 2004. Powell and Yudhoyono are meeting to discuss future U.S. aid to the area. Photo by Seth C. Peterson/U.S. Navy
Actress Linda Powell poses with her stage dad actor James Earl Jones (L) and her real-life dad, Powell, at the April 7, 2005 opening night party for the revival Broadway production of "On Golden Pond," which stars Jones and Leslie Uggams. Photo by Ezio Petersen/UPI
Powell speaks after receiving the Ellis Island Family Heritage Award during a ceremony held at the Great Hall on Ellis Island in New York City on April 19, 2005. Powell is among several honorees noted for contributions to American culture. Photo by Monika Graff/UPI
Powell (L) and U.S. Postmaster General John Potter unveil the reissued Purple Heart Stamp at The Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., on August 7, 2007. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell (C) delivers remarks during a press conference sponsored by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society on the announcement of their "Above and Beyond Citizen Honors" award in Washington, D.C., on October 9, 2007. The "Above and Beyond Citizen Honors" will be awarded to civilians who demonstrate an extraordinary act of courage and selflessness in the help of others who are voted on by their fellow citizens. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Powell delivers remarks during a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of the integration of the U.S. armed services on Capitol Hill on July 23, 2008. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Powel salutes the American flag during a ceremony for the reopening of the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., on November 21, 2008. The museum, closed for renovations for two years, reopened to the public. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell speaks during his news conference in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2009 about President-elect Barack Obama's call to national service. Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI
Powell (R) and country recording artist Trace Adkins attend a ceremony on September 11, 2009 for the eighth anniversary for the Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, Pa., after the plane hijacking of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Photo by Archie Carpenter/UPI
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) and Powell share a laugh as his official portrait is unveiled at the State Department on December 7, 2009. Photo by Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI
Powell (L) shakes hands with Obama after Obama spoke at an America's Promise Alliance education event in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2010. Obama announced new steps to improve the nation's schools and cited the Alliance, founded by Powell, as an example of a partnership organization dedicated to improving the lives of America's children and youth. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
Powell received at President's Award at the NAACP Image Awards Awards in Los Angeles on March 4, 2011. Photo by Phil McCarten/UPI
Powell talks with students in an art class during a visit to the Lift for Life Academy in St. Louis on April 27, 2011. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Powell, America's Promise Alliance founding chair, speaks to the media following an educational roundtable at the White House on July 18, 2011. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Obama (C) speaks while meeting with current and former diplomatic and national security officials, iluding Powell, third from left, to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on November 13, 2015. Pool Photo by Andrew Harrer/UPI
