Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comment on whether the long-term mission would be extended. For his part, Clinton says that he had no political motivations in waiting until after the election to make the announcement, arguing that the decision had been openly debated for weeks. The President also threw a compliment Bob Dole's way, calling the GOP candidate's decision to back the U.S. presence in Bosnia a "statesmanlike" move. Republican leaders, who had been skeptical all along that the President would bring the troops home as promised, have accused him of breaking his word even as evidence mounts that Bosnia remains unstable...
Clinton's victory was also made easier because Dole was the wrong man for the job, USA Today's Judy Keen said. She said she polled Republicans in Arizona, a historically Republican-friendly territory, early in the election season and found disappointment among activists about their would-be nominee...
...When Dole's campaign failed to generate national enthusiasm, the media's attention waned, the panelists said...
...Dole was 15 points behind Clinton in the polls at the beginning and end of the race, and the media could have run the same story the whole time, Keen said...
...Bradley and Powell campaigns never materialized, and the Republicans deferred the nomination to Dole, allowing Clinton room to maneuver in 1996, Berke said...