BRIAN: What are those? BILL: Those are campaign placards for John Black. BRIAN: Who is John Black? BILL: There's an election coming up soon. I'm voting for John Black for the U.S. Senate. I'm going to put the placards out in my yard. BRIAN: Oh, I se

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THE MAKING OF A NATION -December 12, 2002: Election of 1980 By Jerilyn Watson (THEME) VOICE ONE: This is Rich Kleinfeldt. VOICE TWO: And this is Doug Johnson with THE MAKING OF A NATION, a VOA Special

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain is criticizing his rival, Democrat Barack Obama, for bad judgement on Iraq. McCain says Obama opposed last year's surge of US troops sent to Iraq which has helped quell violence. McCain told an audience

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Republican presidential candidate John McCain is calling for the postponement of Friday's scheduled debate with Democratic rival Barack Obama. McCain said today he will stop campaigning after he addresses a Global Initiative session on Thursday host

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the administration's proposed $700 billion financial bailout plan lacks necessary safeguards to prevent abuses in the future. She wants better oversight provisions, limits on the pay of Wall Street executives and prot

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From NPR News in Washington, I am Craig Windham. The second ranking Democrat in the Senate Dick Durbin of Illinois says President Obama is likely to announce this week his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter. Durbin says M

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Craig Windham. Some of the moderate Senators who cast crucial votes to move a sweeping health care overhaul bill to the Senate floor for debate say the legislation will have to be changed before they would support le

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The tributes are pouring in today for 77-year-old Senator Edward Kennedy, who died last night following a year-long battle with brain cancer. Speaking at his rented vacation home in Martha's Vineyard, President Barack Obama called Kennedy the greate

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The top Senate Democrat, majority leader Harry Reid made it official today there will not be a vote by the full Senate on revamping health care until after the August Congressional recess rather than before as President Obama had hoped. At a town ha

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A major earthquake in the South Pacific spawned a tsunami that crashed the shore in American Samoa today. There are reports of damage but its unclear whether there are casualties. NPRs Richard Harris reports. The US Geological Survey says a magnitud

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I take it you're not with John or Mitch,you don't,you wouldn't vote to extend the payroll tax cut for another year.No,no,I wouldn't,look,I believe in the social security system.We got a fixed social security system,so it's there and it's solvent and

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The White House is calling the whistle-blowing group Wikileaks and anyone linked to the release of classified materials criminals. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is threatening aggressive steps to get to the source of the leak. This disclosure is

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By George Grow Broadcast: August 29, 2004 (THEME) VOICE ONE: I'm Steve Ember. VOICE TWO: And I'm Gwen Outen with People in America in VOA Special English. Today we tell about a woman who became famous for her activities in government, the media and t

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By Jim Malone Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush has made a series of wrong choices on Iraq and he vowed to take a new direction if elected in November. Senator Kerry sai

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AS IT IS 2016-09-30 Candidate Gary Johnson's "Aleppo Moment" 候选人加里约翰逊的阿勒颇时刻 This is Whats Trending Today. Gary Johnson is the Libertarian Party candidate for president. His name will appear on ballots in every U.S. sta

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Amid intense speculation, Senator Barack Obama announced he's considering a 2008 presidential run. But the Illinois Democrat says he won't make a decision until after the November 7th midterm election

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The White House is threatening to veto debt ceiling legislation that's pending in the House.Speaker John Banner is laboring the line-up enough vote to pass the measure aimed up avoiding government default. Smith David Wu is resigning amid allegations

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[1] President Barack Obama is expected to sign the health care overhaul into law Tuesday. But that doesn't mean his work is done. A senior administration official says Obama will travel to Iowa Thursday to sell the reform to a skeptical public. [2] T

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This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Americans will elect a new president one week from Tuesday. As the campaign enters its final week, some are still undecided. Two polls, from the Associated Press and Investor's Business Daily, showed Barac

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JUDY WOODRUFF: The Democratic delegates here in Philadelphia have now completed their national ticket. This afternoon, they voice-voted the nomination of Tim Kaine to be Hillary Clinton's vice presidential running mate. He will be a main speaker toni

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