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Mainly in general powell's case, you have the discipline within yourself and the belief in yourself that you can rise and you keep at it and you keep at it and you win and you fail until you get to where you think you should be. for those who served under colin powell when he was at the joint chiefs of staff those are the types of things that were said about him. it was no surprise that he would go on to be in a presidential cabinet. but at the time, the nation was at war more than once. and his job was to lead and to make people believe, just as he had as a child that we know all things are p...

Career in law. >> this was my first choice school. this school uniquely fosters public service to the community. >> powell's passing came as a shock, especially since the students watched an online talk held by the general just last month. >> most of you, i think, are not old enough to have gone through -- >> he was inspirational. i feel like yes, we mourn him today, but he lives in all of our hearts, and beyond the school walls. and i think yeah, he's an inspiration. >> wendy is a senior and hopes to join the foreign service. her parents are from nigeria. she's a first generation american, li...

A disease that makes your immune system highly compromised. he was on therapy that compromise the immune system. he was at a much higher risk. i don't think you should extrapolate that to people in general. he got vaccinated, it would have been nice if he got the booster but he didn't get the opportunity to get the booster, but general powell's situation is really a bit unique with regards o f the fact that he was significantly immunocompromised which changes the situation when you talk about the ability of a vaccine to protect you when your own immune system is significantly compromised and s...

This misinformation machine, and we go look how silly they are, how eccentric they are. people actually die as a result of watching fox news, whether it's going to war in iraq or the pandemic. sorry. >> there's something about powell's life trajectory. unlike a lot of folks that are to this day, george bush is like, well, we were heroes in error. that's the line that i always remember. we were heroes in error about the iraq war. powell said we were wrong and was quite honest about that, and i also think, michelle, wheng about the trajectory of misinformation, his endorsement of barack obama in...

Media long before donald trump came on the scene. and all media organizations, have to own up to their -- role in that. but fox was at the center of that propaganda, republican administration kept propaganda campaign. a few years ago, chris there, was a poll that came out. that showed even in 2015, 52% of fox viewers believed that we had found -- in 2015. compared to four feet 14% -- so it's very important to point out here, the same lies that were told about iraq, that we're told believed on a completely different level by fox viewers -- same thing on covid. you seem with the ship -- again, a...