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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2250)	10/12/2000 1:02:28 PM
From: ColtonGang	Respond to of 10042

Debate coaches say pounding on Bush's Texas record won it for Gore October 12, 2000 Web posted at: 12:28 AM EDT (0428 GMT) By Mike Feinsilber/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- High school and college debate coaches said Democrat Al Gore capitalized on Republican George W. Bush's hate crimes and medical-care record in Texas to narrowly win Wednesday's contest by a score of 133-130. Four of the five debate coaches on an Associated Press panel judged Gore the victor in their second clash. One called it for Bush. "A confident and upbeat W looked and sounded more presidential than a subdued VP and clearly won round two," said James Copeland of Ripon, Wis., executive secretary of the 75-year-old National Forensic League, an organization of 2,600 high schools. "Bush was assured on foreign policy, seemed reasonable on social policy, defended his record in Texas and attacked Gore's credibility." The other judges, who all said Gore bested his Republican rival, were: _Melissa Maxcy Wade, debate coach at Emory University in Atlanta for 27 years. She said Gore managed to subdue his "penchant for sighs and smirks" but Bush demonstrated "Nixon-like pursed lips and sniffing when pushed on questions he did not refute well." _Ted W. Belch, debate coach of Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Ill., whose policy debate teams have won 12 national championships, the most of any coach in the history of high school debate. "Bush could not deny the statistics on where Texas ranks on children, women and family health insurance and how this compares to tax cuts for the wealthiest citizens," he said. _Brother Rene Sterner, president of LaSalle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pa., and past president of the National Catholic Forensic League. He said Bush took "a rather bizarre, unpresidential position" on the treatment of people convicted in Texas of hate crimes. _William Southworth, debate coach at the University of Redlands in Redlands, Calif., since 1972. "If you come away and looking for one thing to remember (in the debate), you'll remember that Texas is 50th in health care," he said. A week earlier, a five-judge panel also split 4-1 in picking Gore as the better debater by a 128-121 score. A perfect score would be 150. Copyright 2000 The Associated Press.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2250)	10/12/2000 3:23:00 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

U.S. Warship Hit by 'Suicide Bombers' Off Yemen By Rawhi Abeidoh Oct 12 3:03pm ET DUBAI (Reuters) - Suspected suicide bombers blasted a hole in a U.S. Navy destroyer in a Yemeni port on Thursday, killing four American sailors and leaving 12 missing. U.S. Navy officials said 36 others aboard were injured, five seriously, when an explosives-laden boat blew up near the USS Cole, one of the world's most advanced guided missile destroyers. The vessel, which had been on a refuelling stop in Yemen's southern port Aden, was left listing and with a 20-by-40 foot gash along its waterline. ``If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will find out who was responsible and hold them accountable,'' President Clinton said. ``If their intention was to deter us from our mission of promoting peace and security in the Middle East, they will fail utterly.'' The attack came amid mounting anti-U.S. sentiment in much of the Arab world, including Yemen, over Washington's perceived support for Israel during two weeks of fierce Israeli-Palestinian violence. U.S. officials said reports from the scene indicated that two men aboard a small boat that had been assisting the Cole with mooring lines in the Aden harbour had stood to attention just before the blast destroyed their boat and holed the ship. ``This is looking more and more like terrorism,'' a senior Defense Department official said. ``Of course, you can't confirm anything without a full investigation -- but that's what it looks like -- deliberate murder.'' Attorney General Janet Reno said that the U.S. Bureau of Investigation was sending experts to Aden to help the Defense Department and other agencies to investigate the blast. BLAST RATTLES ADEN LIKE A QUAKE The blast was so powerful that it blew windows out of buildings and sent terrified Aden residents fleeing into the streets. ``Buildings shook as if the city had been hit by an earthquake,'' one witness told Reuters. Defiant Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said the United States would not be cowed by the attack. ``We will continue taking every step we can to protect our troops and our diplomats but we will not retreat from our responsibilities,'' Albright said. She said Washington would take all measures to protect its people, but added: ``It does not mean we can crawl into an ostrich-like mode. We are eagles.'' The attack on the warship came on the same day that Israeli helicopter gunships blasted Palestinian targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip with missiles to avenge the killing of two Israeli soldiers by a lynch mob. Navy spokesperson Lieutenant Meghan Mariman said in Washington that the crew of the Cole were trying ``very hard to keep the ship afloat,'' adding that the vessel was carrying about 300 people. The last major attack on U.S. targets was in August 1998 when twin bombs at the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed more than 250 people. YEMENI PRESIDENT SAYS BLAST NOT DELIBERATE Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh offered his condolences to Clinton and the ``friendly American people'' but said he believed the explosion was not caused by a deliberate act. State-run Yemeni television showed Saleh visiting the wounded sailors at a local hospital and said he spoke by telephone to Albright to assure her that Sanaa was investigating the blast. The Arleigh Burke Class destroyer Cole is one of the world's most sophisticated warships. The 505-foot-long Cole is equipped with an advanced Aegis radar defense and with missiles and guns to protect itself and aircraft carrier battle groups against simultaneous attack by planes, missiles and ships. Lieutenant Terrence Dudley from the Fifth Fleet said: ``USS Cole has been stabilized and the flooding has been contained. Luckily there have been no fires.''