Archive for August 20th, 2008
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Obama Spent More on Ads in July Than McCain Spent on Election (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama spent more on
advertising last month than Republican rival John McCain spent
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Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Florida
The President today declared an emergency exists in the State of Florida and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Fay beginning on August 18, 2008, and continuing.
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Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual, designate one individual and appoint eleven individuals to serve in his Administration: Michael Young, David Kelly, Herbert V. Kohler, Carl H. Lindner III, Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Robert Frank Pence, David Rubenstein, Shirley W. Ryan, Marc I. Stern, John L. Berrey, Bill Haslam, Mark A. Sadd, and John Williams
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Candidates’ wives lend voices to anti-poverty ad (AP)
AP – Cindy McCain and Michelle Obama star in a new television ad that highlights successes in helping the world’s poor and encourages people to do more this election year.
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McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as ‘testy’ (AP)
AP – Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting “a little testy” as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race that gets nastier by the day. -
US Rep. Tubbs Jones of Ohio dies after hemorrhage (AP)
AP – Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said. -
Obama camp lashes out at ‘quick-draw’ McCain (AFP)
AFP – Barack Obama savaged his Republican rival John McCain for running a dishonorable campaign that aides to the Democrat said smacked of “reckless” desperation. -
Barack Obama Set to Announce Running Mate
John McCain, meanwhile, will name his v.p. choice on his Aug. 29 birthday
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Rep. Tubbs Jones dies after hemorrhage
A Cleveland Clinic official says Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress, has died after a brain hemorrhage. -
No razor wire at Denver convention holding cells (AP)
AP – Police have dropped plans to top the holding cells in place for use during next week’s Democratic convention with razor wire after some groups started comparing the site to the detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
