Tag Archives: George H.W. Bush

Colin Powell, the first black US secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 from COVID-19 complications, his family said in a statement. “He was fully vaccinated. We want to thank the medical staff at Walter Reed National Medical Center for their caring …

Former US President George W. Bush has criticized the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, warning it is going to have grave consequences. In an interview with German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, the former Republican president defended his decision to attack Afghanistan in 2001, reiterating that it has led to great …

Donald Rumsfeld’s legacy is “death and destruction, and a militarized American public,” American journalist Don DeBar has said, commenting on the death of the former US defense secretary who was the main architect of the Iraq war. Rumsfeld died at the age of 88 in Taos, New Mexico, his family …

A group of former U.S. ambassadors to Mexico representing both Republican and Democratic presidents have banded together to urge US President Donald Trump to treat trade and migration as separate issues, the diplomats wrote in an article. The article is signed by all six living ex-U.S. ambassadors to Mexico who …