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GOP's Thompson in SC instead of NH
Tuesday, January 08, 2008


GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — With his Republican rivals jockeying for victory in New Hampshire, presidential hopeful Fred Thompson sought Tuesday to increase up his support in this early voting state considered critical to his campaign.

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Obama family in Kenya watches US vote
Tuesday, January 08, 2008


KOGELO, Kenya (AP) — At the end of a dusty, dirt road lined with mango and mimosa trees, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives sat outside on plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and drying corn kernels, listening to radio reports from New Hampshire.

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Iowa winners face new challenges in NH
Friday, January 04, 2008


CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Iowa caucus victories behind them, Republican Mike Huckabee and Democrat Barack Obama vowed to stick with their winning principles Friday in an abbreviated dash to the finish in New Hampshire's presidential primary campaign, despite facing a different political alignment and, as Huckabee put it, ''only a few days to close the sale.''

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Romney, Giuliani spar on spending
Monday, November 26, 2007


AMHERST, N.H. (AP) — Wasteful spender or champion of fiscal restraint: GOP presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani found a point of agreement Saturday, accusing one another of the former and claiming the latter.

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Dems open door for immunity in spy bill
Tuesday, October 09, 2007


WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Democratic leader opened the door Tuesday to granting U.S. telecommunications companies retroactive legal immunity for helping the government conduct electronic surveillance without court orders, but said the Bush administration must first detail what those companies did.

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Senator Robert Byrd brings the subject of aging to the Senate Floor
Friday, June 29, 2007


Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest serving senator in history (54 years) made this speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate on June 28, 2007.

Mr. President, I feel compelled to address head on, I mean head on, the news stories in recent weeks that have pointed out the shocking discovery, yes, shocking discovery, that I am growing older. Did you get that? Shocking discovery that I am growing older.



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On the 'Hill'
Tuesday, February 06, 2007


Time to re-tool

Washington, D.C.— Nicknamed the cowboy state, Wyoming was home to Buffalo Bill Cody and the place where Harry Longabaugh earned the alias “the Sundance Kid.”



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