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The Detroit News: Only One GOP Candidate Attends NAACP Forum — "Nine of the 10 Republican presidential hopefuls took a pass. Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo was the only GOP candidate to show up." [Others cited scheduling conflicts.]
Plus: Convention Update from News&Notes
Differing Views: NAACP Needs a GOP Strategy & GOP Candidates Miss Opportunity
Times Online: Powell Tried to Talk Bush Out of War — "The former American secretary of state Colin Powell has revealed that he spent 2 1/2 hours vainly trying to persuade President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq and believes today's conflict cannot be resolved by U.S. forces. 'I tried to avoid this war,' Powell said at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. 'I took him through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.'"
USA Today: Prince CD Giveaway Angers Music Industry — "Prince has stirred up trouble among British retailers by giving away his new album with a tabloid newspaper this weekend."
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