U.S. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, former Pres. Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, and former Pres. George W. Bush attended, Friday, the memorial service for Gen. Colin Powell.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was also in attendance but Former President Bill Clinton, who was recently hospitalized with an infection, could not make it to the funeral.
An aide said: "Under any other circumstances, he would have been there, but he's taking the advice of his doctors to rest and not travel for a month very seriously. So Secretary Clinton will be there representing them."
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The iconic cathedral is where four presidents have had funeral services: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.
Heartfelt tributes were given by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage, as well as Powell's son, Michael.
"He made pragmatism charismatic," Albright said. "Beneath that glossy exterior of Warrior Statesman was one of the gentlest and most decent people any of us will ever meet."
In his tribute, Armitage recalled a time when Powell sang all of "Mamma Mia" to a "very amused foreign minister from Sweden and to a gobsmacked U.S. delegation -- who'd never seen anything like it." Earlier, the U.S. Army Brass Quintet played ABBA's "Dancing Queen" -- one of Powell's favorites.
The Former Secretary of State died due on October 18 due to Covid complications.
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