About this episode
When Colin Powell died on October 18 at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, he left behind a long, decorated career in Washington and the U.S. Army. He spent much of his life in the military, eventually rising to the rank of four-star general, and went on to become the first Black Secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs. But, as he discussed in a 2012 interview with NPR's Robert Siegel about his memoir It Worked For Me , Powell's reputation was tarnished when he used faulty evidence to push for the Iraq War: "I'll never leave it behind." Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy