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DNX2000081515 - 15 AUGUST 2000 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Rep. Harold Ford, jr. (D-TN) waves to the crowd at the Staples Center arena during the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, August 15. jr/Joel Rennich UPI
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Former U.S. Rep. Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., has been chosen to chair the Washington-based Democratic Leadership Council.
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