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AP - Republican Mitt Romney is urging state pension systems to divest from Iran, yet the presidential contender's former employer and the company he started have links to recent Iranian business interests or deals.

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AP - An upbeat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton strode onstage Friday, leading the applause for herself and her supporters. She mocked her inability to sing and recalled her misjudgments on health care in her husband's first term.

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AP - Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former Iowa governor who built a centrist image, abandoned his bid for the presidency on Friday after struggling against better-known, better-financed rivals.

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Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, the first Democrat who entered the race for president in 2008, today became the first candidate to withdraw. He said he couldn't raise enough money.

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AFP - Longshot Democratic hopeful Tom Vilsack folded his 2008 White House bid Friday, the first victim of a dash for campaign cash by big-name rivals in likely the most expensive US election ever.

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Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Andrew Stern, whose union offers one of the most sought-after endorsements for Democratic presidential candidates, said Senator Hillary Clinton will accept the group's challenge to ``walk'' in a member's shoes, perhaps as a nurse or a highway worker.

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AP - Forget about sharing the stage with fellow Democrats on cable TV. Al Gore goes prime time, red carpet Sunday night at the Academy Awards before tens of millions, reviving talk of a possible presidential run.

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Reuters - Democrat Tom Vilsack, the former governor of Iowa, dropped his longshot 2008 White House bid on Friday after he failed to keep pace with his big-name rivals in raising funds.

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Tom discussing ending his campaign for President

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CQPolitics.com - The following are breakdowns of the current and potential candidates for the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations in 2008.

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CQPolitics.com - Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, an early entrant in the 2008 presidential race, dropped his longshot bid for the Democratic Party nomination Friday, citing difficulties in raising the huge sums of money needed for a White House campaign.

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CQPolitics.com - Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, an early entrant in the 2008 presidential race, is dropping his bid for the Democratic Party nomination, according to the Associated Press.

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Bloomberg - Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) -- About 300 backers of Illinois Senator Barack Obama gathered in Dallas this week to boost his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The candidate was nowhere in sight.

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AP - If it wasn't for the 77-degree temperatures, Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign swing through here Thursday could have been confused for a hometown stop. The former New York mayor and Republican candidate was greeted by a crowd of about 150 people outside a Jewish deli, and most were either New York transplants or snowbirds wintering in Palm Beach County.

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AP - Two more black South Carolina lawmakers endorsing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton have ties to a media consulting firm hired by the White House hopeful.

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