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Article: SENS. CLINTON, LIEBERMAN JOIN ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE RATING BOARD TO LAUNCH NATIONWIDE VIDEO GAME RATINGS TV PSA CAMPAIGN

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December 7, 2006
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The office of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., issued the following press release:

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) today joined Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) president Patricia Vance on Capitol Hill to launch a new nationwide television PSA campaign that encourages parents to use the video game ratings when buying games for their children. Best Buy president Brian Dunn and GameStop president Steve Morgan appear in the PSAs, affirming their respective company's commitment to support the ESRB ratings and their store policy not to sell Mature rated games to children under 17 without their parents permission.

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