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FILE; NICHOLAS ROBERTS/AFP/Getty Images Chris Wallace of Fox News just reported that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Not a very comfortable moment for John McCain, his guest this morning. According to Politico‘s Jonathan Martin, Powell said he had “no plans to campaign for Obama.” Here’s the video: More here from ...

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Chris Wallace of Fox News just reported that former Secretary of State Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Not a very comfortable moment for John McCain, his guest this morning.

According to Politico‘s Jonathan Martin, Powell said he had “no plans to campaign for Obama.”

Here’s the video:

More here from NBC.

… and here’s Powell speaking to reporters after his Meet the Press appearance:

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