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McCain Enters US 2008 Presidential Race
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=16760BE:A6F02AD83191E160AF06974D603954FA9574F7DCC14957C0 Arizona senator
lost 2000 Republican nomination to then-Texas Governor George W. Bush





John McCain in New York, 28 Feb 2007Republican Senator John McCain
says he will formally declare his candidacy for the 2008 Republican
presidential nomination in early April after a trip to Iraq.

The Arizona senator announced his plans to run Wednesday during the
taping of a late-night television talk show, CBS's Late Show with
David Letterman.

He joins former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, among others, in seeking the
Republican nomination.

The 70-year-old McCain is a four-term senator and former prisoner of
war in Vietnam. He lost the 2000 Republican nomination to then-Texas
Governor George W. Bush.

McCain has long been considered a leading contender for the
nomination, but a recent ABC News-Washington Post survey shows him
trailing Giuliani by a margin of 44 percent to 21 percent.

McCain is a major supporter of President Bush's plans to send an
additional 21,000 troops to Iraq to quell the sectarian violence.

Some information for this report was provided by AP.




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