Word: shannon
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...Kennedy School of Government Democratic Caucus hosted Jim Shannon, a campaigner for former Senator Bill Bradley, and Lynn Akin and Jon Schnur, from the campaign of Vice President Al Gore '69. The representatives took turns making presentations on behalf of their candidates, and were available for questions after the event...
According to Shannon, Bradley's rise in popularity "probably surprised a lot of people" especially since many candidates dropped out of the race early because of Gore's strong lead. Further, the press wrote off Bradley early on, said Shannon, who is the senior vice president and general counsel of the National Fire Protection Association...
Bradley's campaign centers on the big issues--which Shannon said the candidate felt are now being ignored...
...have watched for the last six years as Democrats and Republicans have retrenched into an atmosphere that government can not do anything big anymore," Shannon said...
...flow of narcotics into the U.S., the DEA is hoping to degrade the effectiveness of the traffickers. "They?re hoping that successive waves of arrests drain the talent pool available to the cartels, eliminating their smartest and most innovative operatives and making it easier to take them down," says Shannon. At the same time, the Colombians are also urging the U.S. to curb drug consumption here. "They?re telling Americans that drug money spent here is paying for a lot of violence down there," says Shannon. "And fighting the traffickers is among the government?s top priorities, because the cartels...