Word: campaign
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...Senator John McCain, Bush's rival for the G.O.P. nomination, is counting on it. While Bush was being hailed by the political-financial complex, McCain was plotting to blow it up. The Senator has made his name in politics, in part, by pounding his head against the wall of campaign-finance reform. So far, his efforts have been thwarted by his Republican colleagues in Congress. But this week McCain will launch the battle from a different perch, in a campaign speech at the old town hall in Bedford, N.H., the state holding the first presidential primary...
...campaign trail, many voters saidthey were impressed by McCain's candor...
...campaign stops across northern New Hampshireon Sunday, McCain also outlined the other goals hesaid would guide him as president, calling forschool voucher programs and strong nationaldefense...
McCain's status as a war hero--a label herejects but which his staff seems eager to exploitin campaign literature--doesn't hurt his chanceseither. McCain's campaign mailed 50,000 copies ofa biographical video to New Hampshire voters, mostof it devoted to his military career...
...bunch of deadbeats, according to the U.N. An official in charge of coordinating refugee relief efforts tore into the Western alliance Friday, hoping to shame it into handing over desperately needed cash to resettle the half million returned refugees. "The international community spent billions of dollars on a military campaign that was intended to pave the way for the return of refugees," said Soren Jessen-Petersen, the U.N. assistant high commissioner for refugees. "It is a pity they are not prepared to spend what we have asked for, to see the refugees make it all the way into their villages...