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PoliticAverse

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Thu Aug 13, 2015, 10:28 PM Aug 2015

Al Gore for president? Don't believe 2016 whispers, associates say

Washington (CNN)Two people close to Al Gore pushed back on a report Thursday that suggested the former vice president was considering running for president in 2016.

An associate of the 67-year-old Gore told CNN that the speculation was "groundless," and a spokeswoman for Gore added later Thursday that there was "no truth" to the idea he is considering a White House run.

Buzzfeed reported that supporters of Gore had begun talking about a possible presidential run, though some Gore advisers poured "lukewarm water" on the speculation.

"This is people talking to people, some of whom may or may not have talked to him," one Gore adviser told Buzzfeed.

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