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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Obama campaign raised $52 million in June7/17/2008, 10:42 a.m. CDTBy JIM KUHNHENNThe Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama raised $52 million last month for his presidential campaign, more than twice as much as Republican rival John McCain in a significant boost to his financial cache for the fall contest. The Obama campaign [...]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Potential veeps joining Obama for security talk7/16/2008, 11:12 a.m. CDTBy GLEN JOHNSONThe Associated Press WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama warned on Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president. One goal of his administration would [...]
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Today on the presidential campaign trail7/16/2008, 9:05 a.m. CDTThe Associated Press (AP) — IN THE HEADLINES McCain to tell NAACP he will give more help to students in failing schools … Obama talking national security with potential running mates Evan Bayh and Sam Nunn ___ McCain pledging to NAACP more education options CINCINNATI (AP) [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Germans say details of Obama visit being handled7/11/2008, 8:37 a.m. CDTThe Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government has a message for presidential hopeful Barack Obama: We can work it out. Merkel had signaled unease over a possible Obama speech at Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate. A Merkel spokesman, Ulrich Wilhelm, said [...]
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Today on the presidential campaign trail7/11/2008, 2:47 p.m. CDTThe Associated Press (AP) — IN THE HEADLINES McCain says he’s better than Obama for women, especially those in small business … Obama stands by remarks about country needing to be multilingual … McCain ad in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico praises Hispanic GIs, notes many [...]