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Romney during Virginia stop: `The world needs American leadership'
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says "the world needs American leadership" and he would lead a nation better able to shape events rather than being at the mercy of them. Campaigning outdoors in battleground Virginia, Romney opened Thursday...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Employment Opportunities, Religion and Belief, Democratic Party
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UPDATED: GOP VP candidate Ryan attends Roanoke fundraiser
Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan rallied Republican supporters and raised thousands of dollars today during a visit to Western Virginia. Ryan walked off his plane at Roanoke Regional Airport with his mother and his wife around 5:30PM, and headed...
Tags: Elections, Business, Democratic Party, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia)
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Virginia Tech's Plaid Avenger professor and hundreds of students invite President Obama to class
Anchor/ReporterThe Virginia Tech professor known as the Plaid Avenger is back at it again. John Boyer and several thousand students are inviting President Obama via you tube to speak to their World Regions geography class. As one student puts it, it's not...Tags: Emilio Estevez, Virginia Tech, Martin Sheen
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Politicians vie for voters' attention as thousands attend Olde Salem Days
ReporterRepublicans were up early Saturday, gathering for breakfast at the Salem Civic Center and serving up some sharp rhetoric along with the scrambled eggs. "If we do four more years of Barack OBama's failed policies," Lieutenant Governor Bill Bolling told...Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Politics
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President Obama to Virginia this Week
President Obama is making some campaign stops on his way to Charlotte for the Democratic National Convention. Tuesday he'll be in our state. The President will speak at Norfolk State University at around 12:30 Tuesday afternoon. Recent polls show a...
Tags: Elections, Mitt Romney, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Politics
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UPDATE: State board of elections OKs Goode's place on Virginia ballot
The state Board of Elections has rejected the Republican Party's bid to keep the name of Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode off the Virginia ballot. The board acted Tuesday after the GOP raised questions about some signatures Goode...
Tags: Republican Party, Elections, Tom Perriello, Polls, Parties and Movements
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Virginia Democrats counter GOP claims on Medicare
ReporterClarification: Moran's statement that no Republicans voted for Medicare in 1965 is incorrect. Thirteen Republican Senators and 70 Republican Representatives voted for the measure, according to the Social Security Administration website. A Democratic...Tags: Republican Party, Tampa, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Government Health Care
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UPDATED: President Obama to visit Charlottesville next Wednesday
The Obama campaign announced Saturday that the President will speak at the nTelos Wireless Pavilion in Charlottesville on Wednesday. The exact time for his speech has not been announced, but gates open to the public at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Free...
Tags: Elections, Albemarle County, Mitt Romney, Greenbrier, Fluvanna County
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Obama campaign office opens in Roanoke
President Obama has a new campaign office in our area. The "Obama for America" campaign opened up an office in Roanoke on Sunday. It's located on Norfolk Avenue. State Senator John Edwards was on hand for the grand opening. Supporters say this...
Tags: John Edwards, Elections, Politics
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Virginia Teen Youngest Delegate at RNC
Who says young people can't have a voice in government? The youngest delegate at the Republican National Convention is just 17 years old and he's from Virginia. Young people can have an impact, Evan Draim told WDBJ 7 anchor Jean Jadhon in a live...
Tags: 2012 Republican National Convention, Tampa, Elections, Mitt Romney, Government
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President Obama returning to Virginia next week
On Tuesday, September 4, the President will end his “Road to Charlotte” tour with a grassroots event in Norfolk. He will speak at the Madison Hall Quad at Norfolk State University. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. Tickets are available for folks...
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Roanoke Regional Airport not closing, airport spokesperson says
reporterReports the airport is closing are greatly exaggerated. That's from the point person for the Roanoke Regional Airport A Congressman from Newport News says federal budget cuts mean several airports including Roanoke Regional will be forced to close....Tags: Government Debt, Air Transportation Industry, Federal Aviation Administration, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Marketing
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