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Mitchell won't run for re-election. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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WASHINGTON _ In a surprise announcement that could hamper President Clinton's legislative objectives, Senate Majority Leader George J. Mitchell said Friday he would not seek re-election this year.
Mitchell, 60, said he was in ``good health and spirits'' but decided to leave the Senate simply because ``it is the right time to consider other challenges.''
There have been persisting reports that Mitchell is a leading candidate for the vacant post of Major League Baseball commissioner. When asked if he had been offered the job of commissioner, Mitchell declined to answer but ...
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Transcript from: CBS Morning News
; ...Prize, an award the President has said he does not deserve. The irony of the award...members, there`s a signing ceremony before he heads to city hall to deliver that much...waging war. It comes just a week after he announced his plan to send thirty thousand...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...the importanceof technology and innovation in the effective and efficient delivery ofgovernment services. It is no coincidence he announced the nation`s firstChief Technology and Performance Officers during the same Internet Addressthat focused on reforming...
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
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