Colin Powell: “I regret it. I will always regret. It was a terrible mistake on all our parts.”

What I did say to him, once you break it, you`re going to own it. And we`re going to be responsible for 26 million people standing there looking at us.

Now, to his credit, Colin Powell repented for the monstrous deception of the Iraq war.

I believe I have a bond of trust with the American people.

I think he is a transformational figure. He is a new generation, coming into the world, onto the world stage, on the American stage. And for that reason, I`ll be voting for Senator Barack Obama.