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August 28, 2008

McCain Expected to Reveal Vice Presidential Choice Friday
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Among those believed to be under consideration: former Massachusetts
Governor Mitt Romney, Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty and Senator Joe
Lieberman of Connecticut 
Sen. John Mc Cain (File) Sources close to likely Republican presidential
nominee John Mc Cain have told U.S. news agencies the Arizona senator
has settled on a vice-presidential running mate. Mc Cain will formally
introduce his pick during a rally in Dayton, Ohio Friday morning - the
day after Democratic rival Barack Obama formally accepts his party's
presidential nomination. Among those believed to be under consideration
by Mc Cain include former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Minnesota
Governor Tim Pawlenty and Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. The
possible choice of Lieberman is drawing considerable fire from hardline
conservatives over his support for abortion rights. Lieberman was
Democrat Al Gore's vice-presidential running mate in 2000, but has since
become an independent due to his support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Meanwhile, the Republican Party has adopted its campaign agenda ahead of
next week's national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota,
where Mc Cain will formally become the party's presidential nominee. The
party agenda, or platform, advocates support for offshore oil drilling,
but does not include drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge. U.S. President George Bush and other advocates have strongly
supported drilling in the federally-protected refuge. The platform also
acknowledges that human activity has contributed to an increase in
carbon emissions, which has been identified as the cause of global
warming.

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