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Article: Republican Doesn't Plan Long Speech
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 9, 2008
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Mark Salter, the top aide and longtime speechwriter for John
McCain, has written a "working draft" of the senator's address to
the Republican National Convention and is circulating the draft to a
very limited number of his aides, sources inside the campaign said.
The speech as written runs roughly 21 minutes, but it could end
up being even shorter, because McCain is not a fan of lengthy
speeches, aides to the candidate said.
Plans call for the speech to be circulated among McCain's top
advisers over the next several days, with a final draft delivered by
Salter to McCain by Aug. 18.
Aides would not disclose ...
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