Posted on Wed, Jul. 14, 2004
Clintons to headline Kerry address
Appearance intended to boost Bush challenger
BY STEWART M. POWELL
Hearst Newspapers
WASHINGTON — The most famous tag team in U.S. politics — former President Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton — will address the Democratic convention in Boston this month to give presidential challenger John Kerry a boost and seek support from women, minorities and younger Americans, convention planners said Tuesday.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a member of Kerry's convention team and a former U.N. ambassador and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, said the former president would address the opening night of the convention July 26, along with former President Carter and former Vice President Al Gore.
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Kerry and Edwards will dominate the final two nights of the convention with back-to-back acceptance speeches crafted to give the Democratic ticket a post-convention "bounce" before Republicans seize the limelight by nominating President Bush for a second term at the GOP convention in New York beginning Aug. 30.
Former Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., a decorated Vietnam veteran who lost his legs and an arm in Vietnam, will introduce Kerry, a former Navy patrol boat skipper who received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts for combat service in Vietnam.
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