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President Obama & Race To The White House News
Happy 55th Birthday, President Obama! August 4, 1961
Voters will be getting sev- eral chances to hear from the candidates as we head to- wards Election Day 2016.
The Commission on Presi- dential Debates will host three presidential showdowns and one vice presidential election debate this fall. Each debate will be 90-minutes and will focus on "leading issues facing the nation," organizers said.
The presidential debates will include Republican nomi- nee Donald Trump and Demo- cratic nominee Hillary Clinton. The VP debate will in- clude Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Tim Kaine.
The presidential debate schedule is:
Sept. 26 at Hofstra Univer- sity in New York – The debate will be divided into six time segments of 15 minutes each with topics selected by the moderators and announced one week ahead of the debate.
Oct. 9 at Washington Uni- versity in St. Louis, Mo. – This debate will take on the form of a town meeting, with half of the questions coming from cit- izen participants and the other half from moderators.
Oct. 19 at University of Ne- vada in Las Vegas – The for- mat will be a traditional debate format that will be moderated by one person and run from 9-10:30 p.m. EST without commercial breaks.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton
Vice presidential debate
The vice presidential debate is set for Oct. 4 at Longwood University in Farmville, Vir- ginia. Debate will be divided into nine segments of 10 min-
utes each with the same time format as the presidential de- bates.
Moderators for the debates will be announced later this summer.
Mark Your Calendars: Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump Debate Dates Set
President Commutes Sentences Of 214 Inmates
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama commuted the sentenced fo 214 men and women. Many of those sen- tences were for non-violent crimes.
In a press release, Presi- dent Obama said, “Alto- gether, I’ve commuted more sentences than the past nine presidents combined. And I am not done yet.
“These acts of clemency are important steps for families and steer our country in a bet
ter direction, but they alone won’t fix our criminal justice system. We need Congress to pass meaningful federal sen- tencing reform that will allow us to more effectively use tax- payer dollars to protect the public.”
The commutations included 67 inmates who had been given a life sentence. Most of those whose sentences were commuted will be released on December 1.
Trump: 'Get That Baby Out Of Here'
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has a history of barring people from his campaign events. He's banned reporters from the Washington Post and anti- Trump protesters are routinely escorted out.
And now a baby joins their ranks outside the perimeters. At a rally Tuesday in Northern Virginia, Trump asked that a woman with a crying baby "get that baby out of here."
At first, the GOP nominee didn't seem to mind the infant. When its cry interrupted his remarks, he said, "Don't worry about that baby. I love babies." He went on: "I love babies. I hear that baby crying, I like it. What a baby. What a beautiful baby."
He told the mother not to worry, indicating that he no- ticed she was nervously trying to quiet her child.
"Don't worry about it, you know?" Trump said. "It's young and beautiful and healthy, and that's what we want."
He went back to the subject
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of his remarks: China and trade.
But then, with the baby continuing to cry, Trump seemed to have a change of heart.
I think she really believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking. People don't understand."
"Actually, I was only kid- ding, you can get the baby out of here," Trump said, gestur- ing like an umpire.
He added, "That's all right. Don't worry. I, I think she re- ally believed me that I love having a baby crying while I'm speaking. That's OK. People don't understand. That's OK."
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