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Friday,
September 12, 2003 Statement by the Press
Secretary: State Visit by President Kibaki of Kenya.
"President Bush is pleased to announce that he will
host President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya for a State
Visit on October 6, 2003. The visit will recognize
Kenya's commitment to democracy, demonstrated by the
government's historic transition last year. Kenya is
at the forefront in fighting the global war on
terror and is a leader in promoting regional
stability through its mediation and peacekeeping
efforts. President Bush looks forward to discussing
with President Kibaki how the United States and
Kenya can further strengthen our strategic
partnership and broaden our cooperation on issues
important to Africa and the world, including
deepening trade relations and combating HIV/AIDS. From yesterday's
WSJ.com OpinionJournal's John Fund's
Political Diary column comes the headline:
"Clinton the Undertaker... He comes to
bury Gray Davis, not to praise him."
Excerpts: "Bill Clinton is heading to
California this weekend, but so far he
has scheduled only one public meeting with
Gray Davis, an appearance at a black
church Sunday. The beleaguered governor is
playing up the former president's visit
anyway. But it will likely end up being much
less than the originally promised antirecall
barnburner. Mr. Clinton has become the
Democratic Party's political undertaker,
and his visit may foretell the end of Mr.
Davis's political life. Many Democrats have
already concluded that Mr. Davis is in
trouble. This week, Lt. Gov. Cruz
Bustamante announced that he is
simplifying his message. He will no longer
urge voting "no" on the first part of the
recall ballot. He will instead focus on
persuading people to vote for him to replace
Mr. Davis. California's Oct. 7
recall election would proceed even if the
governor resigns, but the anti-Davis animus
driving much of the electorate could subside.
Mr. Bustamante, the only major Democrat
running to replace Mr. Davis, would
become the incumbent governor, which could
enhance his chances of winning a plurality
against a divided Republican field.... 'He's [Clinton]
done this kind of dirty work before. He helped
push Andrew Cuomo, previously a member
of his own cabinet, out of the race for the
Democratic nomination for New York governor
last year... The New York Post reported that
Mr. Cuomo got a phone call from Mr.
Clinton. "You fought the good fight,
and you're going to lose," the
ex-president told Mr. Cuomo. "You
should do the right thing and step down for
the good of the party." Mr. Cuomo
did so the next day. Bob Torricelli
also met Clinton the Undertaker. A few
weeks after Mr. Cuomo stepped aside,
the bottom fell out of the scandal-tarred New
Jersey senator's campaign. ... Mr.
Torricelli claims that he decided to
withdraw for the good of the party even though
Mr. Clinton and the others all urged
him to stay in the race. Few New Jersey
Democrats believed that... But the
question remains: Would the notoriously
proud and stubborn Mr. Davis actually step
down? .." This morning’s headlines:
Des Moines
Register, top front-page headline: “Crop
values seen falling $750 million in dry Iowa”
Main articles
online, Quad-City Times: “Children lead memorial
at Ground Zero” & “Pentagon victims
remembered”
Nation/world online
heads, Omaha World-Herald: “Solemn ceremonies
mark 9/11 attacks” & “An Israeli ouster of
Arafat may backfire”
Featured online
reports, New York Times: “Another 9/11, and the
Nation Mourns Again” & “Israel Announces
Official Decision to Remove Arafat”
Top online stories,
Sioux City Journal: Iowa – “Tax report blows hole
in budget” Vilsack may be forced to call
a special legislative session after an unexpected
drop in Iowa tax revenues has blown a $63.9 million
hole in the 2003 state budget. & “Bomb scare
closes Interstate” An eight-mile section of
Interstate 29 near Salix was closed for about
eight hours yesterday after a trucker made
“questionable statements” about explosives at a
weigh station.
Chicago Tribune, main online heads: “TV Star John
Ritter Dies of Heart Problem” He was 54. & “Music
Legend Johnny Cash Dies at 71”
FoxNews.com AP report says North Korea
is using Russian technology to make a new
missile. Excerpts: "Officials in the Bush
administration have evidence that North Korea
has been using Russian technology to develop a
new intercontinental ballistic missile
capable of reaching targets in the
continental United States, an
administration official said Thursday. The
official, asking not to be publicly
identified, estimated the potential range at
9,400 miles. The distance from the North
Korean capital of Pyongyang to San Francisco
is about 5,500 miles. In theory at least, the
new missile could strike any target on U.S.
soil, the official said. There had been some
indications that North Korea planned to
exhibit the missile - as well as models from
the country's existing system - during its
National Day festivities on Tuesday, but it
did not do so, the official said. American
officials have raised the issue with Russian
government officials, who indicated surprise
and disapproval of the activity, the Bush
administration official said. According to the
official, the missile is based on Russia's
SSN6, a Soviet-era, submarine-launched
ballistic missile..." Today’s editorials, Des Moines Register:
“Where’s the healthy outrage?…There is
something people can do about soaring
health-care premiums…Premiums in Iowa have
risen an average 18.2 percent.”
DSM 7 a. m.
60, overcast. Temperatures at 7 a.m. across
Iowa ranged from 44 in Sioux City, 45
in Sheldon, and 46 in Carroll
and LeMars to 69 in Burlington,
Iowa City and Ottumwa and 70 in
Fort Madison, Muscatine, Vinton and
Fairfield. Today’s high 79, chance
T-storms. Tonight’s low 59, clear. Saturday’s
high 82, mostly sunny. Saturday night’s low
51, chance showers. Sunday’s high 71, chance
showers. Sunday night’s low 48, chance
showers.
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