美國(guó)前國(guó)務(wù)卿鮑威爾因新冠去世

Colin Powell, the first African-American US secretary of state, has died at 84 of COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday.

美國(guó)首位非裔國(guó)務(wù)卿科林·鮑威爾的家人10月18日在臉書上發(fā)布聲明稱，鮑威爾因感染新冠病毒引發(fā)的并發(fā)癥于當(dāng)天早晨去世，終年84歲。

Powell's family said in a statement on Facebook that Powell died Monday morning despite being fully vaccinated.

鮑威爾的家人說(shuō)，鮑威爾此前已完成新冠疫苗接種。

A professional soldier, Powell became the first African-American national security advisor during the end of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the youngest and first African-American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under former President George H. W. Bush.

作為一名職業(yè)軍人，鮑威爾在里根總統(tǒng)任期后期成為美國(guó)首位非裔國(guó)家安全顧問，后來(lái)在老布什執(zhí)政期間成為美國(guó)最年輕的參謀長(zhǎng)聯(lián)席會(huì)議主席，同時(shí)也是首個(gè)出任這一職務(wù)的非裔美國(guó)人。

He was best known and most controversial when he served as secretary of state under former President George W. Bush between January 2001 and January 2005, and pushed for the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 with the claim the Middle Eastern country possessed weapons of mass destruction, which was proven to be false.

但鮑威爾一生最著名和最具爭(zhēng)議的事件是，2001年1月至2005年1月他擔(dān)任小布什政府的國(guó)務(wù)卿期間，以伊拉克擁有大規(guī)模殺傷性武器為由，推動(dòng)美國(guó)在2003年發(fā)動(dòng)了入侵伊拉克的戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)，然而，美國(guó)至今未能證實(shí)伊拉克確實(shí)擁有這類武器。