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Article: A Budget Battle and Training Tiff.
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- Insight on the News
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- November 15, 1999
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Republicans partially succeeded in budget negotiations with the White House as the Senate Armed Services Committee deliberates the future of vital military training in Puerto Rico.
Thankfully the week saw no major political antics escaping from the three rings of the Barnum & Bailey political circus. There was no Larry King Live featuring "The" Donald or finance commentary from Jesse "The Mind" Ventura. In fact, the thoroughly conventional Elizabeth Dole predictably recognized that her campaign was too small-market and her team too overmatched to make the presidential playoffs and announced her withdrawal from the presidential race. There was a touching moment ...