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McCain, Obama Demand Changes In Financial Bailout

 

By Kent Klein
Voice of America

Washington DC - As Congress debates the enormous package of legislation intended to rescue the troubled American financial industry, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain both seem to agree on some changes they want made.

Obama, the Democratic Party nominee, is calling for greater oversight over the massive bailout.

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New Technology Plays Growing Role in US Presidential Race

By Robert Raffaele
Washington

For Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, staying "on message" increasingly means staying "online."

From website links helping people register to vote, to links to personalized pages on "social networks" such as Facebook and My Space - the campaigns of the presumed Republican and Democratic nominees have embraced the Internet.

Brian Darling is a senior government analyst with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative research institute in Washington.

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Democratic Convention Paints All-American Image for Obama

By Meredith Buel
Voice of America

DENVER, CO - Democrats hope Barack Obama, a first-term U.S. Senator, will make history as the first African-American president of the United States.

The 47-year-old Obama is the son of a black Kenyan father and a white American mother. He grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia..

His uncommon life story, coupled with his race and foreign-sounding name, add challenges that are unprecedented for a presidential nominee.

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Democrats Gather in Denver for Presidential Convention

By Jim Malone
Voice of America

Denver was a beehive of activity on the eve of the convention. Democrats arrived from all over the country and security tightened around the sports arena that will serve as a convention hall this week.

A few hundred anti-war protestors marched near the convention site Sunday without incident. Several other demonstrations are expected through the week.

Obama heads into the convention hoping for a boost after selecting Senator Joe Biden of Delaware as his vice presidential running mate.

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