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(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."– Follow the Ticker on Twitter: @PoliticalTicker President Barack Obama announced his support of same-sex marriage, a change in his position, in early May. Powell's statements on Wednesday also represented a turning point in his ... Continue reading →

Our next event is on the risks journalists take to get their stories. We’re focusing on the Texas wildfires which began in November 2010 and lasted until October 2011, destroying just shy of 4 million acres and 2,862 homes. Almost 50% of all the acreage burnedin the U.S. in 2011 burned in Texas. Our panelists – photographers who covered fires in Bastrop and the Texas Hill Country – will talk about the risks they took to get the images that told the story of the blaze. The discussion will be moderated by event chair Alex Hannaford. As always, questions from the audience are encouraged, and the debate will continue afterward over a glass of wine. Panelists Jay Janner is a staff photographer at the Austin ... Continue reading →