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Atlanta mayoral candidates appeal to gay vote

Nov. 30, 2009
Councilwoman Mary Norwood and rival Kasim Reed both seek crucial support from the city's gay community in Tuesday's runoff. A neck-and-neck mayoral runoff pitting a black man against a white woman has spurred some intense discussions about race and politics in the South's most important city.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visited in Washington
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Veterans etch the names of their friends inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War on May 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. UPI/Pat Benic