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• DNC: AD WATCH: New Ad Shows Romney Will Say Anything to Hide Failed Leadership

  - 2007-10-24

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, +1- 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON,Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the same day McClatchy News reports that President Bush and his fellow Bush Republicans have raised government spending to its highest level in more than 40 years, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is...

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• Easy-going US town takes expected Sarkozy visit in stride

  - 2007-08-03

  WOLFEBORO, United States AFP — Residents of this leafy lakeside town are readying a laid-back welcome for France's hard-charging new president Nicolas Sarkozy, who was expected here for a summer holiday. Officials from the White House to the town hall refused to publicly confirm reports that Sarkozy had chosen...

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• Changing His Mind: Romney Concedes Smooth Talking Ways, Says DNC

  - 2007-02-22

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of the Democratic National Committee, +1- 202-863-8148 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee: On his way to South Carolina, Mitt Romney finally conceded the obvious yesterday. After months of trying to smooth talk conservative voters...

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• DNC: Romney Vs. Romney: Smooth-Talking Mitt Heads to New Jersey

  - 2007-01-19

  To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Damien LaVera of Democratic National Committee, +1-202- 863-8148 WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee DNC on former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney: As part of his ongoing struggle to explain away his record, smooth- talking Mitt Romney is...

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• Wed elect a black president? That is old news

  - 2006-12-29

  SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice gave an interview to the Associated Press last week, but as the State Departments transcript of the meeting reveals, she didnt say anything terribly newsworthy. AP had to lead with something, though, so it played up the racial angle, headlining the story,...

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• Church faults Mitt story

  - 2006-10-20

  The LDS Church is taking issue with a Boston Globe story on an attempt to organize some BYU alumni into a grass-roots program supporting Mitt Romney's anticipated presidential candidacy. The church on Thursday posted a statement on its Web site, saying it "takes issue with The Boston Globe...

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• Stephen Breyer

  - 2005-01-01

  Stephen Breyer The general consensus on Stephen Breyer (born 1938), the 108th member of the United States Supreme Court, is that he has a brilliant legal mind. However, when those same observers try to label him as either a conservative or a liberal, or attempt to figure out how his...

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• Bush asks Treasury Secretary Snow to stay on.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--Just days after the Washington rumor mill had John Snow leaving his job as Treasury secretary, President Bush yesterday said Snow was staying on. "The president asked Secretary...

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• Bush's plan to halve federal deficit seen as unlikely.

  - 2004-12-02

  By Rick Klein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 2--WASHINGTON -- With new bills for Iraq and Afghanistan, and President Bush pushing tax cuts and an expensive remaking of Social Security, the administration seems to have little chance of significantly...

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• Bush says he'll press intelligence overhaul.

  - 2004-11-22

  By Charlie Savage, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday said he would work with Congress to pass a bill overhauling the nation's intelligence services for the struggle against Islamist terror networks after Senate majority...

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