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Jennifer Bendery

Colin Powell Trashes Mitt Romney's Team Of Foreign Policy Advisers

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.23.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday questioned Mitt Romney's choice in foreign policy advisers, saying that some are so ...

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Jennifer Bendery

WH Spokesman: Colin Powell Is Free To Support Anyone, But Here's Why Obama Is Best

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday downplayed the fact that former Secretary of State Colin Powell won't commit to endors...

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WATCH: Powell Declines To Give Big Lift To Obama

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is declining to renew the endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, when he called Obama "...

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Colin Powell Turns 75

Posted 04.05.2012

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It may be hard to remember now, but there was a time when Colin Powell's name was regularly bandied about as a potential presidential candidate -- and...

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Powell Weighs In On Birther Battle

AP | By SUSANNE M. SCHAFER | Posted 07.06.2011

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ORANGEBURG, S.C. -- Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina's premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuou...

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Powell Names Economy As Obama's Biggest Problem

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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The 300-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average Tuesday reinforced just how dire an economic environment President Obama faces, Colin Powell to...

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Colin Powell a Reformed Sinner?

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emma Ruby-Sachs

The radical shift in Powell's stance on LGBT issues should not give him a carte blanche. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell justified homophobia as a simple objection to a behavioral choice.

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Turning Back the Torches of the GOP

Joshuah Bearman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joshuah Bearman

With McCain swinging at shadows, like ACORN, Rashid Khalidi, and the liberal media that won't tell the truth, the entire republican apparatus has devolved into an insidious rumor mill.

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Reagan Chief Of Staff Endorses Obama

CNN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday. Duberstein s...

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Liberal Media to Blame? Not This Time: Apostate Conservatives Nail Coffin Shut

Brian Normoyle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brian Normoyle

Nearly two years of presidential politics are finally coming to an end and it appears John McCain--out of "gimmicks du jour"--has decided to spend muc...

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The Fall of the Right

Holly Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Holly Regan

The moderates McCain once appealed to have been scared away by dirty politics and a vice presidential candidate who can't even hold her own against Katie Couric.

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A Muslim American's Take on Colin Powell's Speech

Wajahat Ali | Posted 05.25.2011

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Wajahat Ali

Powell's surprisingly tolerant words reflect a growing Republican self-awareness of previously unchecked "smear by Muslim association" rhetoric.

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"Joe The Plumber" Meets His Match: Kareem The Soldier

McClatchy | Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- "Joe the Plumber" was only one of two Americans injected into the presidential election this past week. The other was Kareem Rashad Sul...

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Dear Mr. Almost President

Bob Starks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Starks

Mr. Almost President, it is time for you to give serious consideration to the concerns that have been expressed by the leadership of the African-American community.

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It's About Time...

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

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Disgrasian

...somebody shared this necessary, obvious statement with our big, dumb, xenophobic, pretty-damn-racist country America: "It is permitted to be said...

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How Obama Is Winning Veterans

Peter J. Ognibene | Posted 05.25.2011

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Peter J. Ognibene

Colin Powell's announcement on Sunday that he is supporting Barack Obama for President dominated the news, as well as it should. The chattering class ...

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Jason Linkins

Cartoonist Depicts Powell As Benedict Arnold In Blackface

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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As if Colin Powell needed one more reminder of the toxic level of political discourse that, in part, fueled his decision to endorse Barack Obama, poli...

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Jason Linkins

Romney: Joe The Plumber Better Than Colin Powell

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Cavuto's interview with Mitt Romney today was largely unremarkable in the annals of campaign shillery, save for one moment where Cavuto asked Rom...

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Racism and Rush: Limbaugh's Response to Colin Powell

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Geoffrey Dunn

Powell's endorsement of Obama has apparently driven conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh apoplectic, if not downright over the edge.

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The Powell Endorsement and the End of the Republican Foreign Policy Establishment

Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ilan Goldenberg

Years from now when we look back at Powell's endorsement of Obama there may be an even bigger story. It is the story of the end of the Republican foreign policy establishment as we know it.

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The Powell Endorsement

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Sirota

Powell's endorsement gives Obama a small bump, but it doesn't give him a huge positive boost on deeper foreign policy issues because Powell has destroyed his own credibility.

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The Internet and the Death of Rovian Politics

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arianna Huffington

Age has finally become an issue for John McCain. But the problem isn't the candidate's 72 years; it's the antediluvian approach of his campaign.

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Powell Stands Against Smears

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jon Soltz

We can only hope that Powell's words shake more Republicans from their electoral daze, and cause them to object to the damage the far-right smear campaign is doing to America.

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Middle Eastern Bloggers Commend Powell for Support of Muslim Americans

John Liebhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Liebhardt

Why shouldn't a Muslim child born and raised in the U.S. not be able to dream that she could one day be the president of the U.S.?

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Colin Powell Endorses Obama for President. Will the GOP Thugs Now SwiftBoat Him Too?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

The big question is when and if -- and by how much -- McCain, Gov. Sarah Palin and the Republican attack machine will attempt to impugn the character and military record of Powell.

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