Gore urges seniors to compare plans for drug help
In Tallahassee Gore pitched a Medicare drug benefit plan as the only presidential candidate proposal to aid seniors with prescription costs. He urged voters to compare plans with Bush, who dismissed it as big government but promised to detail his own approach soon.
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Florida
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New Mexico
Augustus Trump
Florida State University
Cheney company clears over two billion in federal contracts
The Washington AP report notes that a company run until this month by former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has secured more than 2 billion dollars in federal contracts to support U.S. troops on various missions. The figure highlights the scale of private sector support for military operations abroad and Cheney's post government role.
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Washington
Defense
Dick Cheney
U.S
Bush era peacekeeping tied to Halliburton contracts
Bush cites peacekeeping missions as reducing military size while Halliburton, led by Cheney until recently, expanded from a 1992 4 million plan to manage troop support needs into a substantial Pentagon contractor after the Persian Gulf War. Lieberman contends with religion focused campaigning in Chicago and Detroit, stressing faith unity and morality. He supports a moment of silence in schools and urges faith communities to accept shared values and avoid intolerance.
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Chicago
America
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Detroit
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Connecticut
Georgia lawmakers skip Confederate banner at McKinney office
In Washington, Rep. Cynthia McKinney and Rep. John Lewis do not display the Georgia flag with the Confederate X amid four flags outside McKinney’s office. They argue the banner was adopted in 1956 as racist defiance to desegregation rulings and prefer not to make it a public fight.
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Zell Miller
Senate
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Gore uses family to define image on campaign trail
Gore and his family shape his presidential bid by appearing together on the road. Al Gore emphasizes family as core to his campaign, portraying an adoring, scandal free image with wife Tipper and their four children. The family plans to campaign jointly with running mate Lieberman and Hadassah, aiming to strengthen voter perception.
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Iowa
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Stan
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Cheney concedes military downsizing began under Bush era
Republican vice presidential nominee Dick Cheney acknowledges post cold war cuts began while he ran the Pentagon but accuses Democrats of a weaker recruiting retention morale and readiness over the past eight years Gore campaign aides dismiss the claim saying Republicans lack credibility on defense Cheney also notes that George W Bush warned of a declining military and that the next president will inherit a force in decline
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