Colin Powell, Former Top US Diplomat, Military Leader, Dies at 84

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Colin Powell, Former Top US Diplomat, Military Leader, Dies at 84

WASHINGTON — General Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. secretary of state and a former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications of COVID-19. He was 84. His family announced his death in a Facebook posting, saying, “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American.” […]

Testimony by Top Diplomat Bill Taylor on Trump and Ukraine Elicits ‘Holy Sh*t’ Responses From Members of Congress

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Testimony by Top Diplomat Bill Taylor on Trump and Ukraine Elicits ‘Holy Sh*t’ Responses From Members of Congress

Taylor was told in July that Ukraine would not receive military aid unless President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly launched an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden “Explosive” closed-door testimony on Tuesday from William Taylor, a career diplomat who questioned the Trump administration’s attempts over the summer to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden, […]