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Sought tirelessly to instill in the soldiers under his command, the diplomats he led, the colleagues with whom he worked, the reeders of his books, the audiences that flocked to the speeches, the stunts of the powell school for civic and global leadership and the thousands of young people who benefited from the americas promise alliance that alma and he championed. he relished the opportunity to connect with other generations. and its always the right time he told us and i quote to reach out to ...

And as alma knows every day at 7:00 or 7:05 i would call him or hed call me. wed get our days red except on sunday. on sunday id call at 9:30, and he would answer the same way every sunday. he would say oh, yes, i was at church and i want you to know that im in the state of grace, and i would answer the same way every sunday. home, if youre not in the state of grace who among us is, and that was every day for almost 40 years, the same opening remarks. well, i grew up in the south, and my taste i...

>> well, good afternoon. im going to break protocol just a little bit and acknowledge alma powell, michael and jane powell, linda powell ann marie and francis and the grandchildren. were here for your father, your husband, your granddaddy and quite a turnout it is. if i may, president biden, dr. biden, thank you very much for your attendance, particularly after the arduous trip. president obama, mrs. obama, thank you so much for being here, and thank you for leading our nation for eight years wi...

Loving home anchored by our strong and graceful mother alma. our parents taught us right. they taught us wrong, and they taught us to take responsibility for our actions and never to blame others. disappointing them was the worst punishment you could imagine. my father is frequently remembered as a problem-solver while his solutions to world problems may have been elegant. his fixes around the house were a bit more clugey. he believe he could cheaply fix anything with a little duct tape, some wi...

>> president biden, president ob obama, president bush, second clinton, leaders, distinguished guests, weve lost a friend. alma and michael and anne marie, the family, im grateful to be able to share my thoughts in this hour of celebration and remembrance. in 1993 when i began serving as americas ambassador to the u.n. general colin powell was already in his final months as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. at white house meetings, i came equipped with a yellow pad. he brought a laser point...

Of the joint chiefs of staff, a top adviser to four presidents from both parties. >> his effectiveness was magnified by his lack of interest in wracking up partisan debating points or improving how macho he could be as a negotiator. >> reporter: longtime friend richard armitage reflected on some of the military heros lighter moments, like the time the swedish foreign minister came to visit. >> she opened up a full cd set of abba, and presented it to him. colin immediately went down on one knee a...

And he was all the time. she didnt like being away from him. at least partially because they contributed in a major way to each others way of thinking about absolutely everything in their lives. career, children, home life, relatives, friends and so on. when you got colin powell and got alma too and vice versa and a good thing because the whole is much greater than the sum of the giant parts. a really dedicated family man. everybody learned from him. how to deal with the difficulty of being a so...

Loving home anchored by our strong and graceful mother, alma. our parents taught us right. they taught us wrong. and they taught us to take responsibility for our actions and never to blame others. disappointing them was the worst punishment you could imagine. my father is frequently remembered as a problem solver. while his solutions to world problems may have been elegant, his fixes around the house were a bit more cloojy. he believed he could cheaply fix anything with a little duct tape, some...

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