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| Felons Gain Access to the Nation's Secrets |
| 12/29/1999 9:54 AM |
In 1978, at age 21 and a heavy drug user, he and two accomplices kidnapped, robbed and murdered a fellow drug user. He was charged in the murder, convicted and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Today, at 42, he is out of prison and working in a white-collar job in the defense industry. He remains on parole until 2006.
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| Republican Actors Hesitant to Express Views |
| 12/29/1999 9:52 AM |
The self-assured young professional is ready to come out of the closet. Only five years into her career, she knows the risks. But she's willing to go public, she says, to bring the issue into the open.
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| Government Formula May Shift House Seats |
| 12/29/1999 9:43 AM |
If new congressional seats were assigned today, Southern and Western states would reap the benefits of growing populations - just as they did in 1990, according to a private analysis of the latest Census Bureau data.
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| 20th century brings changes to the American voter |
| 12/28/1999 7:22 PM |
It's been a century of rapid demographic change, and charting the course is the government's latest Statistical Abstract, a vast compendium of facts and figures about America.
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| Forbes To Target Illegal Web Sites |
| 12/28/1999 7:19 PM |
Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes said Tuesday he wanted to step up law enforcement efforts in cyberspace.
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| Bush, McCain To Hit New Hampshire |
| 12/28/1999 7:19 PM |
Come January, the "W" in George W. Bush could almost stand for waving, walking down Main Street and working the crowds in New Hampshire.
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| In Town Hall Format, McCain Embodies a Central Theme |
| 12/27/1999 7:55 PM |
The Arizona senator's insurgent campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been gaining ground in recent weeks. In New Hampshire, he is virtually even with or slightly ahead of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, the national front-runner. But that success means more scrutiny of McCain's words and ideas, and more pressure on his bare-bones staff to produce speeches and craft detailed policy positions that will withstand the scrutiny.
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| Forbes Gives Social Security Plan |
| 12/27/1999 7:52 PM |
It was a picture worthy of a political Christmas card: On the right, a tree with all the trimmings. On the left, three generations of the Shannon family. In the middle, Steve Forbes, praising his plan to reform Social Security.
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| New Intensity Firing up old Issues |
| 12/27/1999 7:47 PM |
After one of the busiest pre-seasons ever in American presidential politics, things are about to get serious. And a lot of the arguments are going to sound familiar.
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| Forbes Unveils Pair of TV Ads |
| 12/26/1999 8:49 PM |
Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes, in a pair of new TV ads, somberly promises to preserve Social Security, let parents choose their children's schools and allow patients to pick their doctors.
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| McCain Faces Uphill Battle Vs. Bush |
| 12/26/1999 12:45 PM |
Rising from his table, John McCain suddenly realizes that breakfast is served with a slice of symbolism at the Flight Deck diner.
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| Bush Ads Spotlight Taxes, Education |
| 12/26/1999 12:44 PM |
Highlighting two of the nation's most salient domestic issues, George W. Bush is rolling out a series of TV ads on education and tax cuts.
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| Bush Ready to Fight in New Hampshire |
| 12/24/1999 10:57 AM |
Having watched his lead evaporate in the run-up to New Hampshire's GOP presidential primary, Texas Gov. George W. Bush may be getting ready to kick off the new year with fireworks aimed at upstart candidate Sen. John McCain.
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| Bush: A golfer just like his father |
| 12/24/1999 10:56 AM |
If horse racing is the sport of kings, golf just may be the sport of presidents.
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| Six last-minute entries raise Missouri primary field to 18 |
| 12/24/1999 10:49 AM |
Reform Party candidate Pat Buchanan and Republican Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch were among six last-minute entries this week into Missouri's March 7 presidential primary.
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| 2 Iowa Presidential Debates Nixed |
| 12/23/1999 11:51 PM |
A pair of presidential debates scheduled for next month in Iowa have been canceled because not enough candidates agreed to participate.
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| Sen. John McCain sues to get on New York ballot |
| 12/23/1999 3:38 PM |
Sen. John McCain has sued the New York Republican Party in an effort to force the party to put his name on its presidential primary ballot.
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| With sentence suspended, is teaching in Banks' future? |
| 12/23/1999 3:38 PM |
After a judge suspended his sentence, J.B. "Jet" Banks walked out of the courtroom an admitted felon without a felony record. But Banks, a once-powerful Democratic state senator from St. Louis, no longer has a job in the Capitol where he served continuously for three decades. That's because he resigned from the Senate last week. His attorney, Don Wolff, suggested Tuesday that Banks might be able to add another title in his life after the Senate and sentencing: teacher.
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| Web Sites Answer Campaign Questions |
| 12/23/1999 3:35 PM |
Curious which political candidate your neighbor or boss gives money to? How about the fate of that school bond referendum in California? Want to watch videotape of the presidential candidates discussing Social Security reform?
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| Bush Tests New Ad Strategy |
| 12/22/1999 9:22 PM |
Republican presidential front-runner Gov. George W. Bush is testing a new advertising strategy in New Hampshire that will try to air television commercials the same day they are produced, his campaign says.
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| McCain vows to keep campaign clean no matter what |
| 12/22/1999 2:52 PM |
Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain says he would rather lose than bell continue to refrain from making personal attacks on his GOP rivals.
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| Forbes bashes Bush in new radio commercials |
| 12/22/1999 2:51 PM |
Publisher Steve Forbes rips into Texas Gov. George W. Bush in new campaign commercials that attack Bush for not being aggressive enough on tax reform.
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| Bush Campaign Counts on Vast Network |
| 12/22/1999 2:48 PM |
George W. Bush has built a vast national operation that covers each of the country's key primary states and will, the campaign argues, counter the insurgent rise of Arizona Sen. John McCain in next year's presidential nominating contest.
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| Watts Denies Plans to Quit House Seat or Leadership Post |
| 12/22/1999 2:47 PM |
Battling political brushfires sparked by recent news reports, Oklahoma Republican Rep. J.C. Watts Jr. today denied that he will resign from Congress or step down as chairman of the House Republican Conference. But Watts, the only African-American Republican in the House, left vague whether he plans to seek a fourth House term next year in southwest Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.
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| Poll shows Americans know little about candidates |
| 12/21/1999 11:10 PM |
Despite weeks of televised political debates, most Americans still know little about the men who are running for president and even less about some of the issues being debated, a new survey showed on Tuesday.
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| McCain Down on Clinton Forest Order |
| 12/21/1999 11:07 PM |
Sen. John McCain said Monday that, if elected president, he would overturn President Clinton's executive order putting more national forest land off limits to logging. He called the order an example of Washington's arrogance.
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| Senator Judicial Nominee Block |
| 12/21/1999 11:07 PM |
A Republican senator says he will block every Clinton administration nomination to the federal bench to protest what he says is the White House violation of an agreement on controversial recess appointments.
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| McCain campaign raises $1 million in a week |
| 12/20/1999 9:14 PM |
Arizona Sen. John McCain raised $1 million in the past week as his surging campaign for the Republican presidential nomination attracted more than 8,000 contributors, a spokesman said Monday.
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| McCain Discusses Vets' Health Care |
| 12/20/1999 11:23 AM |
Calling it ridiculous that some veterans have to drive five or six hours for some medical tests, Sen. John McCain today said the health care system for former service members needs to be restructured and improved.
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| Rudy and Hillary, closer than they think |
| 12/20/1999 11:22 AM |
A pop quiz for New York voters: Which likely candidate for next year's Senate race favors a hike in the minimum wage, supports gay rights, opposes clemency for Puerto Rican terrorists and wants to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade? Answer: Both Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani.
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| Barbara Bush says keep abortion off party platform |
| 12/20/1999 11:21 AM |
Former first lady Barbara Bush said Sunday there was nothing any president could do about abortion and that the volatile issue should not be part of the presidential campaign.
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| Bipartisan relationship finds room for give and take |
| 12/20/1999 11:20 AM |
Jo Ann Emerson and Ron Gladney disagree on politics, but that hasn't hampered their relationship. There is an easy give-and-take between Emerson, a Republican congresswoman from the 8th Congressional District of Southeast Missouri, and Gladney, a St. Louis lawyer and staunch Democrat whose clients include labor unions. They plan to get married on Jan. 15 in a civil ceremony in Cape Girardeau.
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| McCain Pushes Teachers' Tax Breaks |
| 12/19/1999 4:58 PM |
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is putting the finishing touches on plans to give large income tax cuts to the nation's best teachers, hoping to "leverage excellence" with the federal tax code.
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| McCain, Forbes OK Military Gay Plan |
| 12/19/1999 4:56 PM |
The Clinton administration's policy barring open homosexuals from military service works and should be preserved, Republican candidates Sen. John McCain and Steve Forbes said Sunday. Both Democrats running for president have disowned the policy.
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| Republicans Criticize Gun Lawsuits |
| 12/18/1999 11:53 AM |
A Republican senator criticized Clinton administration plans to sue gun manufacturers as a tactic to pressure them to settle similar suits by cities and states blaming them for violent crimes. In a letter Friday to Housing Secretary Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Sen. Christopher Bond, R-Mo., asked for an explanation why and how the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the administration would bring such a suit.
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| Livingston survives day of reckoning |
| 12/18/1999 11:53 AM |
At 2 a.m. last Dec. 19, Republican Bob Livingston awoke with a start and made a decision, prompted by his own scandal of infidelity. He would resign from Congress, rather than become speaker of the House of Representatives, and he would challenge President Clinton to quit as well. "In the middle of the night, I just realized that I couldn't very well expect him to do it, to resign, unless I was prepared to show him how," recalls Livingston, the former Louisiana congressman who almost became speaker.
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| DeLay Looks Back on GOP Successes |
| 12/18/1999 11:52 AM |
Reflecting on the Republican Congress' accomplishments, House GOP Whip Tom DeLay of Texas said today that Americans could have prospered even more in 1999 if the Clinton White House hadn't interfered.
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| Forbes' Campaign Complains to ABC |
| 12/18/1999 11:51 AM |
Steve Forbes wants the ABC television network to give him equal time. The publisher and GOP presidential candidate sent a letter to ABC executives Friday saying he's entitled to equal time after the network's broadcast earlier this week of "The Forum on Campaign Finance" with Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Bill Bradley.
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| A year after Clinton impeachment, public approval grows of House decision |
| 12/17/1999 9:41 AM |
Although only a third of the country supported Bill Clinton's impeachment by the House of Representatives last December, nearly half today approve of the House's decision to send Clinton's case to the Senate for a trial, according to a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll.
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| Hatch Details Plans for Tax Changes |
| 12/17/1999 9:40 AM |
The American tax system is broken and needs major changes in the short term and a complete overhaul in the long term, Sen. Orrin Hatch today told an audience on the presidential campaign trail in New Hampshire.
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| Bradley, McCain to Join Hands on Campaign Finance |
| 12/16/1999 12:56 PM |
Democrat Bill Bradley and Republican John McCain have mounted unexpectedly strong challenges to their party's front-runner presidential candidates as they emphasize an issue that most voters put far down on their list of importance: changing the campaign finance system.
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| McCain: Campaign finance overhaul needed to pass GOP issues |
| 12/16/1999 12:54 PM |
Presidential candidate John McCain sought Wednesday to convince fellow Republicans that overhauling the nation's campaign finance laws would help the party, saying GOP legislative goals are being blocked by "special interest plums."
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| Bush On Track for Nomination |
| 12/16/1999 12:52 PM |
Front-runners George W. Bush and Al Gore remain comfortably ahead in their separate parties' battles for the presidential nomination, says a national poll released today.
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| J.B. `Jet' Banks resigns from Senate |
| 12/15/1999 5:13 PM |
Facing sentencing for a felony, veteran Democrat
State Senator J.B. ``Jet'' Banks today resigned his legislative seat effective immediately.
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| Missouri Ethics Commission's Candidate Reporting Still Not Online |
| 12/15/1999 5:09 PM |
Missourians who want to know how much money statewide political candidates have raised won't get their answers from the Internet anytime soon. The Missouri Ethics Commission voted Tuesday to delay enforcement of a 1994 requirement by the Legislature that statewide campaigns file their reports by computer.
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| McCain aims to attract independents, but not alienate GOP |
| 12/15/1999 5:05 PM |
Presidential contender John McCain said Wednesday that GOP leaders have "forgotten our conservative purpose" in pursuit of special interest money, opening a new line of defense against fellow Republicans who warn that his signature issue -- campaign finance reform -- could destroy the party.
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| Bush Collects Alexander Endorsement |
| 12/14/1999 11:04 PM |
Former rival Lamar Alexander endorsed George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday, citing his "temperament and steadiness and character."
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| Bush, McCain Clash at GOP Debate |
| 12/14/1999 9:28 AM |
In a spirited presidential campaign debate, Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Sen. John McCain fought over tax policy and farm subsidies, while McCain was pushed to defend his centerpiece campaign finance proposals.
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| Greene County GOP Leader, Simone Sanders, Killed in Head-on Collision |
| 12/14/1999 9:27 AM |
She was beautiful and genuine, he was fun and outgoing, and they spent every minute they could together. Simone Sanders and Rick Sloan lived several states apart, but whenever his business brought him close to Springfield — this past weekend, it was Kansas City — she went to meet him.
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| Old desk finds its way back to Capitol |
| 12/13/1999 1:47 PM |
For the past 90 years, it was believed that one 19th-century desk from the House of Representatives survived the Capitol fire of 1911. Now the missing desk has found its way back to the Capitol. Missouri Capitol Museum Curator L.T. Shelton kneels next to a desk recently acquired by the state museum. The desk is from the early 1900s House of Representatives chamber. Instead of returning to the House chambers, it will be on display at the Capitol Museum, perhaps in the Lohman Building along with the only remaining Senate desk from that era.
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| Mrs. Bush, 'the ultimate mother lion' |
| 12/13/1999 1:42 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush often tells audiences that he has "my daddy's eyes and my mother's mouth," and they always laugh knowingly. "That's just rude!" Barbara Bush protests with a laugh. The former first lady insists that her oldest son, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, is "much more like his father than he is like me."
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| Hatch's Plans Revealed |
| 12/12/1999 7:29 PM |
If he’s elected president, on his first day in office Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, would immediately revoke a 1993 executive directive allowing federal clinics to offer abortion counseling, according to a copy of Hatch's plan for a new administration obtained by ABC News.
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| McCain Backs Away From Bush Bashers |
| 12/12/1999 7:21 PM |
George W. Bush was bashed by three of his competitors in the race for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday, but the man closest to catching the Texas governor declined to join in.
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| McCain Campaigns in Little Havana |
| 12/11/1999 11:42 AM |
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain campaigned in Florida's Cuban-American community Friday, sharing a traditional Cuban meal with potential voters and declaring that a 6-year-old Cuban boy at the center of an international custody debate should stay in this country.
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| George W. Bush leads presidential fund-raisers in Missouri, Kansas |
| 12/11/1999 11:37 AM |
Republican George W. Bush, who remains the runaway fund-raising leader among all presidential candidates, is way ahead in Missouri and Kansas, too. The Texas governor pulled in $932,210 from individual donors in Missouri through Sept. 30, more than three times as much money as the second-place fund-raiser.
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| Bush Criticizes Gore on Free Trade |
| 12/10/1999 10:26 AM |
Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush took some shots at Vice President Al Gore for not being forceful enough on supporting free trade, saying the Democratic presidential candidate "has been amazingly silent."
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| Bush says national campaign strategy may account for lower New Hampshire poll numbers |
| 12/10/1999 10:22 AM |
The question for every Republican in the 2000 presidential race, save for Texas Governor George W. Bush, is: How do you stop a frontrunner who has a lot of money at his disposal? For Arizona Sen. John McCain, the answer has been to pretty much ignore Iowa, and focus like a laser beam on the first primary state of New Hampshire.
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| Thousands Gather for Tribute to Fallen Firefighters |
| 12/9/1999 5:43 PM |
Firefighters in dress blues posted colors to a steady, sad drum tattoo today and the president urged Americans to remember their own public servants as thousands gathered for a memorial service for six firefighters who perished in the line of duty.
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| McCain Wants on New York Ballot |
| 12/9/1999 4:56 PM |
Calling the state's Republican primary ballot process Byzantine, presidential hopeful John McCain said Thursday he will file a federal lawsuit in an effort to change the process before the March 7 primary.
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| McCain, Bradley May Meet on Reform |
| 12/9/1999 4:55 PM |
Republican John McCain and Democrat Bill Bradley are in final negotiations to conduct an unusual joint meeting to highlight their support for campaign finance reform, aides for the two presidential candidates said today.
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| Bush Woos New Hampshire Voters Over Eats |
| 12/9/1999 4:54 PM |
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush served up handshakes with hashed browns and eye contact with eggs at three restaurants Thursday morning.
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| Poll Gives McCain His First Edge |
| 12/9/1999 10:31 AM |
Arizona Sen. John McCain has moved into a narrow lead over George W. Bush in New Hampshire in the first poll to find the Texas governor slipping behind.
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| Southeast Missouri Veterans recall Pearl Harbor |
| 12/8/1999 10:58 PM |
Melvin D. Bacon and John Power placed a memorial wreath in the Mississippi River Tuesday to commemorate the deaths of U.S. servicemen who lost their lives at Pearl Harbor 58 years ago. Bacon, a World War II and Korean War veteran who resides at the Missouri Veterans Home here, joined members of the American Legion and VFW posts for a brief Pearl Harbor Day observance along the river in downtown Cape Girardeau.
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| Bond urges environmentalists to drop air-pollution lawsuit |
| 12/8/1999 10:54 PM |
U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, R-Mo., and Missouri business leaders say they have gathered 10,000 signatures from throughout the state urging environmentalists to drop their lawsuit over air pollution in St. Louis.
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| Smith says he will run again in 2002 |
| 12/8/1999 10:45 PM |
Senator Bob Smith, who changed his party affiliation from Republican to independent and back again during an abortive run for president this year, says he will run for re-election in 2002.
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| Gore Refuses No-New-Taxes Pledge |
| 12/8/1999 10:37 PM |
Vice President Al Gore, who spent the past week hammering Bill Bradley for refusing to rule out future tax increases, declined Wednesday to make his own no-new-taxes pledge. "Nobody has a crystal ball," Gore said.
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| McCain Says He Would Modernize the Military |
| 12/8/1999 10:32 PM |
GOP presidential candidate John McCain, asserting that political leaders in both parties have failed the military, promised today to modernize American forces, raise military pay, cut Pentagon waste and get tough with rogue states, which he called the world's "main threat to peace and freedom."
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| McCain Gets $10K From AT&T Execs |
| 12/7/1999 9:25 PM |
Sen. John McCain, whose presidential campaign rails against special-interest influence, raised $10,000 from AT&T executives soon after introducing legislation that would make it easier for the phone giant to expand further into the cable television business.
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| McCain Starts Defining Differences With Bush |
| 12/7/1999 9:24 PM |
For all the talk of the love fest between Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Arizona Sen. John McCain, the first glimmers of what soon could be more heated competition between the two Republican presidential rivals appeared at last night's debate in Phoenix.
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| Bush Says Washington Experience 'No Advantage' |
| 12/7/1999 9:22 PM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush said today that experience in Washington is "no advantage" in the Republican presidential race, adding that all his rivals for the Republican nomination who have served in Washington seem to agree that the capital needs to be changed.
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| GOP Senators Oppose Fed Loan Data |
| 12/6/1999 7:51 PM |
Republican senators have told the Federal Reserve they oppose its proposal to allow banks to collect data on the race and sex of people applying for loans. Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, and other GOP senators criticized the proposal in a letter Monday to Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, saying it could lead to discrimination against applicants for loans and credit cards.
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| McCain Would End Congress' Pork |
| 12/6/1999 7:49 PM |
Sen. John McCain said Monday that if elected president he would close the government if necessary to curb pork-barrel spending by Congress. On an unseasonably mild day, McCain warmed up for a later debate with his GOP rivals by continuing his question and answer sessions with New Hampshire voters.
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| At Episcopal High, McCain Stood His Ground |
| 12/6/1999 7:43 PM |
To fully gauge the dimensions of Sen. John McCain's presidential fund-raiser yesterday, you had to remember Episcopal High School when McCain went there in the 1950s -- the sagging pipe-frame bunks, the cold fried eggs, the caged adolescent pressures and fierce pride that made the then all-male boarding school a bizarre boot camp of the mind and soul.
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| New York Mayor Facing a Minor Problem |
| 12/5/1999 7:07 PM |
In a small office above the Kiev International Deli out in deepest Brooklyn, Michael R. Long may hold the political fate of Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani in his hands. Long is chairman of the small but powerful New York State Conservative Party, and Giuliani is the presumptive Republican candidate for Senate. No Republican has won statewide election here since 1974 without the Conservative endorsement, and Long is daring Giuliani to try.
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| GOP Candidates Gear Up for Debate |
| 12/5/1999 7:04 PM |
GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes said Sunday he has been clear in letting voters know what he stands for, unlike front-runner George W. Bush, and hopes for "a real interchange" among the six candidates in Monday's debate so people can judge for themselves. Scheduled to join Forbes and Bush in Phoenix are Gary Bauer, Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Alan Keyes. The state's senior senator, John McCain, will participate via satellite from New Hampshire, where he is campaigning.
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| Bush Uses Conservative Themes, but Moderate Words |
| 12/4/1999 11:13 AM |
When George W. Bush argued for elimination of the estate tax in Iowa a few days ago, he cast himself as a politician who would stand up for the farmer and the small-business owner by protecting their ability to pass wealth to descendants.
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| Bush Says Tenure in Texas Shows He Can Govern U.S. |
| 12/4/1999 11:07 AM |
Texas Gov. George W. Bush, fresh off his first presidential debate, fended off more questions today about his capacity to be president, saying his political record and popular support in Texas should help persuade voters across the country that he is more than up to the job.
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| Wife of George W. Bush stands behind husband’s philosophy on education |
| 12/3/1999 2:04 PM |
Laura Bush touted her husband’s theme of compassionate conservatism to the city Wednesday, casting George W. Bush as an honest presidential candidate who has a heart for children and helping them make the right choices.
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| Bush stresses record in debate |
| 12/3/1999 2:04 PM |
Publisher Steve Forbes today raised anew questions about George W. Bush's youth after the Texas governor zinged him in a debate Thursday night about a 1977 article the publisher wrote about Social Security. ''At least you knew what I was doing in my youth,'' Forbes told reporters. ''I was writing magazine columns. Others haven't been forthcoming about what they were doing.''
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| Bush Shoots Back at Forbes |
| 12/2/1999 9:29 PM |
When Steve Forbes attacked Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the Republican debate Thursday night for saying he would consider raising the retirement age for Social Security, Bush was ready. The novice but carefully prepared presidential debater shot back with a quotation indicating Forbes himself was one enthusiastic about the idea. It was one of several battles over truthfulness during the first GOP presidential debate to include Bush.
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| Bush Draws Rivals' Fire in Debate |
| 12/2/1999 9:27 PM |
In his debate debut, Gov. George W. Bush drew fire Thursday night from his pursuers for the Republican presidential nomination, challenged on Social Security, abortion and other issues. The front-runner stressed his record as governor of Texas, and said, "I know how to lead."
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| Why don't Women have more Political Power? |
| 12/1/1999 7:51 PM |
One of the puzzles in American politics is why women don't have more power at the top -- such as in governors' offices, in Congress and in other key political roles. Women outvote men. Their earnings gap with men has narrowed significantly. They run nearly 40 percent of the nation's small businesses. Emily's List, a political fund-raising group for Democratic women who support abortion rights, gives more money to federal candidates than the National Rifle Association or the Teamsters do.
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| Media Tours GOP Convention Site |
| 12/1/1999 7:51 PM |
Workers demonstrating the technological capabilities of the site for the Republican National Convention next summer needed just five seconds Wednesday to brighten the arena with television-quality lighting. The more than 600 media officials on hand to tour the First Union Center asked numerous questions about camera angles, Internet access, security and other logistics.
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| McCain lays out international policy priorities |
| 12/1/1999 7:43 PM |
Arizona Sen. John McCain laid bare his vision of a principled American global policy on Tuesday, saying the same type of character that Americans should expect from their next president should also be expected of the manner in which that president oversees the preservation of U.S. interests worldwide.
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| Forbes ad takes on Bush over Social Security |
| 12/1/1999 7:41 PM |
Taking aim at George W. Bush, Republican presidential hopeful Steve Forbes is releasing the most negative political ad of the season, accusing Bush of betraying the American people over Social Security.
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| Bush Stands Firm on Free Trade |
| 12/1/1999 7:40 PM |
Against the backdrop of violent protests at international trade talks, Republican presidential front-runner George W. Bush stood firm for free trade on Wednesday and questioned whether Vice President Al Gore has the backbone to do the same.
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