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Ifill: Palin "Blew Me Off"

Oct. 5, 2008
On "Meet the Press" Sunday morning, vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill said Palin "more than ignored" some of...
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Fiery McCain confronts cool Obama

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Queen Latifah to play Ifill on 'SNL'

NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Queen Latifah has agreed to play PBS journalist and U.S. vice presidential debate moderator Gwen Ifill on "Saturday Night Live," TMZ reported Friday.
Report: Palin goes to debate camp

Report: Palin goes to debate camp

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will be at what a campaign aide called debate camp this week to prepare for a debate with Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del.

McCain, Obama agree to three debates

ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have agreed to three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate, the two campaigns said Thursday.

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VP candidates debate jobs, poverty

CLEVELAND, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The way to end poverty is to create more jobs and reduce litigation costs, Vice President Dick Cheney said during Tuesday's debate in Cleveland.

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Kerry and Bush agree on debates

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Presidential election debate contentious

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Debate moderators announced

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Commission on Presidential Debates Friday announced the names of the moderators for the presidential debates and the vice presidential debate.

Presidential debate moderators announced

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Journalist Jim Lehrer, executive editor of PBS's "The NewsHour," will moderate the first of three U.S. presidential campaign debates, officials said Friday.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch