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Arizona: Matthew Specht

February 17, 2009 - 06:53 pm
NEWS FEED: East Valley Tribune

McCain, Kyl sitting out Obama's speech

Arizona's top elected Republicans will be in short supply when President Barack Obama outlines his plans Wednesday in Mesa to fix the nation's housing crisis.

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The state's two senators - Republicans John McCain and Jon Kyl - both plan to miss the event at Dobson High School. They say they were neither invited nor informed of the president's visit to their home turf in time to alter their plans and show up for the speech.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer greeted the president when he arrived Tuesday afternoon at Sky Harbor International Airport, and plans to attend the speech in Mesa, said spokesman Paul Senseman.

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Fri, 07/18/2008 - 18:02

Flake could be big help to fellow GOPers

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1726|title=U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Chandler)|desc=|link=none|align=right|width=160|height=195]U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Chandler) probably doesn't have to worry about re-election. The 6th Congressional District is reliably Republican, and voters there returned Flake to Congress by a 50% margin in 2006. Also, thus far Flake has $1,820 on hand for every dollar his opponent, Chris Gramazio, has in his war chest.

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Tue, 04/29/2008 - 21:51

Flake may support Post-9/11 GI Bill

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

The Post-9/11 GI Bill that has been gathering steam in the U.S. House, as has its counterpart in the Senate, may pick up even more support soon.

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