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https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/colin-powell-bob-woodward/index.html
Powell to journalist Bob Woodward on his health struggles: 'Don't feel sorry for me'
Powell, the first Black US secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died Monday from complications from Covid-19 at the age of 84. Multiple myeloma, a cancer of plasma cells, suppresses the body's immune response. He also had Parkinson's.
"I've taken lots of exams and I get there on my own. I drive up in my Corvette, get out of the Corvette and go into the hospital. I also go to a clinic to get the blood tests taken," Powell said. "I don't advertise it, I don't make an announcement about it, but most of my friends know it."
Powell told Woodward that he didn't have a problem with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, though the interview was conducted before the Taliban swept to power in August and the US struggled to complete evacuations of Americans and Afghans ahead of the US military leaving the country.
"Afghanistan you're never gonna win.Afghans are gonna win," Powell said. "They have hundreds of these (soldiers) willing to fight and die for this country of theirs. And they're doing it now, and they're going to win.That's why I don't have any problem with us getting out of there."