Official portrait of Colin L. Powell as the Secretary of State of the United States of America. Taken in January 2001.

Gravesite of U.S. Army Gen. (ret.) Colin Powell in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 15, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers remarks at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]

United States Army General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Colin Powell on a visit to Google on March 16, 2005.

Colin Powell

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretaries of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Colin L. Powell and Madeleine Albright pose for a photo at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and former Secretaries of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Colin L. Powell and Madeleine Albright pose for a photo at a reception celebrating the completion of the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 10, 2017. [State Department Photo/ Public Domain]

Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell is escorted to his seat at the U.S. Capitol for the start of the 56th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. VIRIN: 090120-F-9629D-292

Soldiers with the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) participate in a Joint Armed Forces Color Guard in support of Honor Flight Chicago at the World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. July 10, 2019. An Honor Flight is conducted by non-profit organizations dedicated to transporting as many United States military veterans as possible to see the memorials in D.C. of the respective war they fought in at no cost to the veterans. During the event, Colin Powell, retired four-star Army general and former United States Secretary of State, spoke to more than 100 veterans, sharing his appreciation for their service. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Nicholas T. Holmes)