... . The Democratic candidate, Senator Kennedy from Massachusetts, and Vice President Nixon both agreed on the televised debates. Each debate was given a subject matter that the candidates agreed to correspond their answers with the subject. The first debate was for the issues concerning domestic questions, the second was centered around the area of foreign policy, and the third and fourth debates were ... basically a repetition of previous topics. During each debate four news representatives asked questions to each candidate. On September 26, 1960 the first ... debate took place in Chicag...

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... election', said Sen. Phil Gramm, a Texas Republican, dismissing as untrue Democratic claims that Republicans where the ones who erected a roadblock (Ferraro)."" The debate in congress on the issue of homeland security has made lots of people wary, I am one of does weary ones. Both parties are for the ... drag on indefinitely. When will this bill be passed? The two parties are in political deadlock in the passing of this bill. Most of the debate and the disagreement is whether or not the president should be able o exercise his national security authority in light of a conflict between a c...

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... to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." This is the main point in any argument concerning the gun-control debate. The supporters of gun control claim that the right to keep and bear arms does not include automatic rifles and the one of the arguments against gun-control laws ... in politics today. Time and time again the pro-gun supporters have won their point. In Oregon, hunters can carry a sidearm during bow hunting season. This came about after a lengthy debate on if it was the Fish and Wildlife Department's place to dec...

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... in Vietnam. Kerry is the only candidate in the whole election who saw active military duty and sit is possible that his background could protect him from the obvious GOP debate over national security and defense issues. All in all, Kerry is not the strongest candidate, but not the weakest either. However, mediocrity doesn't win presidential elections. Carol Moseley Braun is ... is considered a lower-tier candidate and is often overlooked as she was by George Stephanopoulos in the May 3rd Democratic Debate in South Carolina. The only airtime she got was a 15 minute late introduction and ...

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... , found in Section I, states that "The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America"3. This simple sentence has been the source of more debate and controversy than one might think. The question being, what exactly is "executive power"? Even if we go on the strict constructionist philosophy that it is the duties ... ;is the case of convicting a citizen as a punishment for not submitting to imprisonment in a concentration camp, based on his ancestry, and solely because of his ancestry, without evidence or inquiry concerning his loyalty and good disposition ...

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... options. I could do the easy thing and not publish the newly found facts, or I could create controversy among the town and publish the affair of the Mayor. After very little debate, there was no question in my mind that the news had to be reported. As a reporter I am ethically required to report the news I learn and let the readers decide for ... on her job at all times. Clearly, the mayor could not do her job to the best of her potential if she were to be bombarded with questions and comments concerning the actions in her personal life. If this information were not printed, the town co...

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