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Fox News website on Powell's endorsement of Obama - nothing on the home page
Powell standing by Obama in 2012 raceFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell, a longtime Republican, is sticking with President Obama in this year's election.
He tells "CBS This Morning" he respects Mitt Romney but thinks he's been vague on many issues.
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He praises Obama's economic performance, saying that while difficult choices are ahead on taxes, spending and budgetary policies, "steadily, I think we've begun to come out of the dive and we're gaining altitude." Powell, a retired general, also formerly was a White House chief of staff and chairman of the military's Joint Chief of Staffs.
Powell says that he's still a Republican
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/25/powell-standing-by-obama-in-2012-race/#ixzz2AMNzdUSz
