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To: greenspirit who wrote (43586)	10/6/2000 3:24:13 PM
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Election 2000: Gore Expected to Praise Russian Recognition of Yugoslavia's Kostunica Aired October 6, 2000 - 8:05 a.m. ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: The possibility of Russian intervention in the situation in Yugoslavia came up in the presidential debate Tuesday night, with Al Gore and George W. Bush disagreeing on whether President Putin should be recruited as a mediator. More now on this from CNN's Jonathan Karl who is covering the Gore campaign in Florida -- Jonathan. JONATHAN KARL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, that's right, Andria. And, in fact, no immediate reaction from the Gore campaign this morning to the latest developments, although I spoke to a spokesman for the vice president who said in reaction to the fact that the Russians had agreed to, had effectively recognized the opposition as now the legitimate government of Yugoslavia, said that's great news. We expect the vice president to address it in his opening remarks here when he speaks later this morning in Orlando. But the Bush campaign very eagerly pointing to Tuesday night's debate in Boston where Gov. Bush suggested as an idea in Yugoslavia that we get the Russians involved to help solve the situation, and Vice President Gore seemed to ridicule the idea. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) GOV. GEORGE W. BUSH (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: This would be an interesting moment for the Russians to step up and lead as well. It would be a wonderful time for the president of Russia to step into the Balkans and convince Mr. Milosevic it's in his best interest and in his country's best interest to leave office. The Russians have got a lot of sway in that part of the world and we'd like to see them use that sway to encourage democracy to take hold. VICE PRES. AL GORE (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I'm not sure that it's right for us to invite the president of Russia to mediate this dispute there because we might not like the result that comes out of that. They currently favor going forward with a runoff election. I think that's the wrong thing. I think the governor's instinct is not necessarily bad because we have worked with the Russians in a constructive way, in Kosovo, for example, to end the conflict there. But I think we need to be very careful in the present situation before we invite the Russians to play the lead role in mediating. BUSH: Well, obviously we wouldn't use the Russians if they didn't agree with our answer, Mr. Vice President. GORE: Well, they don't. (END VIDEO CLIP) KARL: And, in fact, at that time, the Russians did not agree. At that point, the Russians were agreeing with the position of Slobodan Milosevic that the election in Yugoslavia should go to a runoff and that he had not, in effect, lost that first round. But now the situation is quite different. We expect the vice president to echo the comments we hear coming out of the White House, praising the Russian decision and talking about how this is exactly the right direction to be going in. We expect those remarks to come at the top, again, of his speech here later this morning in the Eola Park section of Orlando. Back to you, Andria. HALL: Jonathan Karl, live in Florida. cnn.com