(CNN) - Gen. Colin Powell said Wednesday on CNN's "The Situation Room" that he supports legal same-sex marriage, either at the state or federal level.
"I have no problem with it," he said in the interview, which will air at 5 p.m. ET. "In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. And so I support the president's decision."
Wolf Blitzer sat down with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the NATO summit in Chicago to discuss a wide range of issues including the U.S. withdrawal plan, Pakistan, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, President Obama and more. See below for the full interview in three parts.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discuss Pakistan, the Taliban, and the U.S. withdrawal plan.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discuss Afghanistan - U.S. relations and Rep. Rohrabacher.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Afghan President Hamid Karzai discuss Obama, Romney and Ben Kingsley
Mayor Cory Booker's comments against attack ads sends ripples through Obama campaign. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
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Afghan Pres. Hamid Karzai tells CNN's Wolf Blitzer there is still no resolution on allowing supplies into Afghanistan.
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If Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California, an influential member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is looking for a country to visit as a member of a congressional delegation, he can cross Afghanistan off his list.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Rohrabacher have been at loggerheads over the congressman's push for a more decentralized Afghan government. Asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer about the disagreement, Karzai said he is against letting Rohrabacher into the country.
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CNN's Wolf Blitzer sits down with Afghan President Hamid Karzai for an exclusive interview at the NATO summit in Chicago. This will air Monday during the 5pm ET hour on CNN.
On Monday, NATO countries are expected to sign off on President Obama's exit strategy from Afghanistan that calls for an end to combat operations next year and the withdrawal of troops by the end of 2014.
Karzai met with President Obama on Sunday and both agreed that the end of the war is close. Karzai reiterated his commitment to the withdrawal timetable, "so that Afghanistan is no longer a burden on the shoulder of our friends in the international community, on the shoulders of the United States and our other allies."
Blitzer is anchoring "The Situation Room" live from Chicago today from 4-6pm ET on CNN.
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Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. Sherry Rehman tells Wolf Blitzer that Pakistan is still demanding an Obama apology over Pakistani deaths in U.S. airstrikes, but they are looking at a "positive" conversation about reopening supply routes to Afghanistan.
In an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus discusses the Rev. Wright ad controversy and the GOP line of attack against President Obama.
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The return of Wright as an issue is a sign the campaign to come will be no-holds barred. CNN's Jim Acosta reports.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer says he won't let Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin dodge capital gains taxes by leaving U.S.
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