William Safire was an author, columnist, journalist and presidential speechwriter. He passed away at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland on Sunday, September 27 at the age of 79 due to cancer. Safire was a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times and speechwriter for President Nixon.
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It may sound like a teaser for the next Nicholas Cage film but it's fact, not fiction. Apparently a secret message has been found in a pocket watch that once belonged to Abraham Lincoln.
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President Bush has paid tribute to the first U.S. president, George Washington, in celebration of the 275th anniversary of Washington's birth.
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One of the lessons learned from recent campaigns is that the candidate who makes smart use of the Internet in 2008 will have a decided edge.
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The body of former President Gerald Ford has arrived in his home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a state funeral Tuesday in Washington. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, residents turned out in large numbers to pay their final respects to a local hero.
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Former President Gerald Ford was remembered by President Bush as a "great American" who spent "the best years of his life" serving the U.S. VOA's Jim Bertel has more on reaction to the death of America's 38th president.
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