By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON | Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:27am EDT
(Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (click here) on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama in his bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president's efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackling terrorism.
"And so 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."
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....
