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(AP) — Form er President Bill
Clinton was described as doing well
Tuesday, breathing on his own as
he recovers from an operation to
relieve arteries so severely clogged
Former
that he was in imminent danger o f a
President
major heart attack.
Bill Clinton
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could leave the hospital in four or
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weeks.
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Rodham Clinton, said in a state
ment. “The president’s optimism
and faith will carry him through the
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Muslim Leaders Deliberate Endorsement
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(AP) — As both Democrats and
Republicans sought their support,
American Muslim leaders wrapped
up their com m unity’s largest con
vention still debating whether to
endorse a presidential candidate.
And despite bitter feelings over
how President Bush has conducted
the war on terror, Muslim leaders
said an endorsem ent for his chal
lenger, Democratic Sen. John Kerry,
was not guaranteed.
Independent Ralph Nader trav
eled here Saturday and made an
aggressive pitch for their backing
in a closed-door meeting held sepa
rately from the conference.
“ W e are s till d e lib e ra tin g
am ongst ourselves,” said Salam al-
Marayati, head of the M uslim Pub
lic Affairs Council, a public policy
group based in Los Angeles. A
decision is expected next month
fro m th e A m e ric a n M u slim
Taskforce, an umbrella group for
major Muslim organizations.
Army chaplain Capt. Yusuf Yee, center, talks with convention
attendees following a panel discussion among Muslim chaplains
in the military Sunday at the Islamic Society o f North America
convention in Rosemont, III. (AP photo)
American M uslims hold special dorsement in a presidential race,
importance this election year be choosing Bush over Democrat A1
cause they have strong com m uni Gore. The Texas governor had indi
ties in battleground states such as cated he was sympathetic to their
Michigan, Ohio and Florida. Also, concerns about using secret evi
immigrant M uslims tend to be edu dence in immigration hearings.
cated professionals - an attractive
The Muslim leaders who had
dem ographic for both parties.
organized the 2(XX) Bush endorse
In 2000, leadersof majorMuslim ment said openly they had made a
organizations made their first en- mistake.
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Seiy shot Jam es Jahar Perez in a
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from last w eek’s issue referred only
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