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Presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards applauded the work of the Conference of Mayors Task Force on Poverty, Work and Opportunity during his June 25 plenary address of the Annual Meeting in Los Angeles. In his speech, Edwards outlined his antipoverty platform for addressing the critical issue facing cities including housing, policing, healthcare, education, and global warming.
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This morning the New York Times reported in two separate articles about the amazing speech by former Senator John Edwards. The speech was literally given in the shadow of Dr. King at Riverside Church yesterday. Echoing Dr. King’s courageous call to start bringing the troops home, Senator Edwards found his voice on the War. He has said that Congress has a moral duty to cut off financing for any escalation of the War. By boldly and unconditionally speaking out against the War he has become the leading voice for ending it among Democratic candidates for President.
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Presidential candidate and former senator John Edwards released a statement on increasing hunger in the United States, including some thoughts on the causes of it and how it can be reduced. The food assistance organization America's Second Harvest ... made a press release on this subject.
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Matt Lauer: “Former Senator John Edwards is running for the Democratic presidential nomination. Today he’s delivering a major speech at the Council on Foreign Relations on what he would do in Iraq and elsewhere. Senator, good to have you in the studio. Good morning.”
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The former Senator ... talked about domestic issues. He said he would rollback President Bush's tax cuts for people who make over $200,000 a year to pay for his universal health care plan.
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The former senator -- who was tapped by Kerry to be his running mate last year and, like Kerry, is contemplating a 2008 presidential run -- said the administration has long favored wealth over work. He criticized Bush for suspending a law requiring federal contractors along the Gulf Coast to pay prevailing wages on reconstruction projects.
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