{"id":12101,"date":"2016-10-26T19:21:36","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2016-10-26T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T19:22:36","slug":"former-secretary-of-state-colin-powell-endorses-hillary-clinton-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=12101","title":{"rendered":"Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Endorses Hillary Clinton For President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state in Republican President George W. Bush\u2019s administration, said on Tuesday he would vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the Nov. 8 presidential election, according to Newsday newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Powell, who made the announcement at an event hosted by a Long Island business group in Woodbury, New York, said Republican Donald Trump was \u201cnot qualified\u201d and had sold Americans a \u201cbill of goods\u201d that he could not deliver, Newsday said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=11314&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has insulted America in one way almost every day,\u201d Powell said of Trump, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has insulted Latino Americans. He has insulted African-Americans. He has insulted women. He has insulted his own party. He has insulted our allies around the world one by one. He has insulted veterans,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Clinton and said he considered the Democratic nominee a \u201cfriend\u201d whom he had known for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is smart. She is capable. She was a good secretary of state,\u201d Powell said, according to Newsday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is balanced, she has temperament and no matter what anyone says she has stamina \u2026 I think she is fully qualified to serve as the president of the United States and will serve it with distinction,\u201d Powell was quoted as saying by Newsday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"quads-ad2\" class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\"><\/div>\n<p>In hacked emails leaked in September by a group U.S. intelligence officials suspect is linked to Russia, Powell referred to Trump as \u201ca national disgrace\u201d and said Clinton was \u201cgreedy\u201d and had \u201cunbridled ambition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Powell, a former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, also endorsed Democrat Barack Obama in his two successful presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012. Source: politicususa.com<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Eric Beech in Washington; Editing by Eric Walsh and Peter Cooney)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Powell.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12102\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Powell-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"Former U.S. Secretaries of State Colin Powell (L) and Hillary Clinton (R) listen to remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the State Department in Washington September 3, 2014. 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