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WASHINGTON--Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, the conservative former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said Sunday she would not seek the Republican nomination for president...
...statement, released by her spokesman David Carmen, Kirkpatrick said: "I've carefully considered this issue, and firmly decided for personal and political reasons, not to seek the Republican nomination. Naturally, I'm grateful for the confidence of those who urged me to become a candidate...
Carmen said Kirkpatrick made the decision after discussing a possible bid with family, friends and advisers at her home in Bethesda...
...Kirkpatrick based her decision on a "multitude of reasons, personal and political," Carmen said. "I think the lateness of the date precluded a practical run at this point...
...Carmen said that Kirkpatrick decided that she did not want "to hurt any candidates in the race...