Colin Powell endorses Obama for second term
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- Created on Thursday, October 25 2012 14:36
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama's bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president's efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackle terrorism as well as an improving U.S. economy.
"I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," the Republican, who also backed Obama in 2008, told "CBS This Morning." He added, "I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012."
The move comes just days after Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over foreign policy in the third and last presidential debate ahead of the November 6 election.
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Chief In Command - The 3rd and Final 2012 Debate
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- Created on Tuesday, October 23 2012 10:58
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Bill Clinton In Ohio: 'We're Not Well Yet From This Horrible Thing That Happened To Us'
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- Created on Friday, October 19 2012 00:32
- Posted or Written by: Jon Ward
WINTERSVILLE, Ohio -– As the doors to the Indian Creek High School gymnasium opened and people began streaming in to wait for former President Bill Clinton to appear Thursday afternoon, a country tune that matched the brooding gray skies outside played on the loudspeakers.
It’s been a long hard ride
Got a ways to go
But this is still the place
That we all call home
It wasn't your typical political rally tune. But the chorus from the Dierks Bentley song, "Home," was fitting for this part of Ohio, long economically depressed after the steady collapse of the steel industry and other manufacturing that supported much of the region.
And somehow, on Thursday, Clinton tapped into the complex feelings that have swirled around places like this for years.
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