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Saturday 5 OctOber 2019
How old is too old? White House

hopefuls confront age debate

By BILL BARROW to try to ascertain some- for the job. “If I were just 80
Associated Press one’s health, especially years old ... I don’t believe
The fraught debate over knowing how grueling I could undertake the du-
whether someone is too presidential campaigns ties,” Carter said, pointing
old to manage the rigors of can be,” said Donna Bra- specifically to responsibili-
the presidency has largely zile, a former Democratic ties surrounding foreign af-
been overlooked during a National Committee chair- fairs.
Democratic primary that woman and a veteran of In the U.S., the current life
has put more emphasis on more than a half-dozen expectancy is 76 for males,
In this July 30, 2019 file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., embrace after the first of two issues such as health care, presidential campaigns. “It 81 for females _ though
Democratic presidential primary debates hosted by CNN in the immigration and gun con- doesn’t slow down if you the expectancy is higher
Fox Theatre in Detroit. trol. That changed this win.” for married individuals and
Associated Press week. Beyond Sanders, Joe Biden wealthier individuals, vari-
The hospitalization of is 76 and Elizabeth Warren ables that apply to all the
78-year-old Bernie Sanders is 70. If any of them won the older 2020 candidates.
to treat a blocked artery in nomination, the general Some younger candidates,
his heart ensures that the election would feature two notably Pete Buttigieg,
question of how old is too septuagenarians for the 37, have said it’s time for
old to be president moves first time in U.S. history. a new generation to lead
to the forefront of the Dem- Trump began his term in Democrats and the nation.
ocratic contest. 2017 as the oldest newly Another hopeful, former
An uncomfortable fact for sworn-in president _ about Obama Housing Secretary
the party _ that three of its eight months older than Julián Castro, 45, took a
leading contenders are 70 Ronald Reagan, who left swipe at Biden’s age dur-
or older _ will be impossible the White House at 77 ing last month’s presiden-
to ignore. years, 349 days. Any of the tial debate.
If any of those candidates three Democrats, including In a sign that they’re aware
were to become the nomi- Warren, would set a new of the concerns, Biden,
nee, they wouldn’t be able mark as the oldest new Sanders and Warren have
to use 73-year-old Presi- president. But Biden and pledged to release up-
dent Donald Trump’s age Sanders have a potential to-date medical records.
against him. And perhaps additional distinction: Both They’re also trying to proj-
most importantly to a par- would be older on their first ect vitality.
ty determined to defeat day in office than Reagan While Sanders recovered
Trump, a septuagenarian was on his last. from his heart procedure
nominee would have to Former President Jimmy Thursday, his aides insisted
work harder to present him- Carter, who turned 95 Tues- he would participate in the
self or herself as an agent day, has suggested there’s fourth Democratic presi-
of change, typically a key a point at which it would dential debate later this
argument in any effort to be difficult for someone to month, a televised event
defeat an incumbent presi- manage the presidency. that will require a dozen
dent. He recently said he hoped candidates to stand on
“It’s a legitimate question there was “an age limit” stage for nearly 2½ hours.q
Iranian hackers said to

target presidential campaign

By TAMI ABDOLLAH
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mi-
crosoft said Friday that
hackers linked to the Irani-
an government targeted a
U.S. presidential campaign,
as well as government of-
ficials, media targets and
prominent expatriate Ira-
nians. Overall, the hackers This July 3, 2014, file photo, shows the Microsoft Corp. logo
attempted to penetrate outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash.
241 accounts — four suc- Associated Press
cessfully — though none of Reuters and The New York the Trump campaign’s offi-
those penetrated was as- Times reported that the at- cial website is linked to Mi-
sociated with presidential tack targeted President crosoft’s email service.
campaigns or current or Donald Trump’s reelection Tim Murtaugh, spokesman
past U.S. officials, Microsoft campaign, but this could for Trump’s 2020 reelection
said. A company spokes- not be independently campaign, said there was
woman declined to iden- confirmed. But a review of “no indication that any of
tify those targeted, citing publicly available internet our campaign infrastruc-
customer privacy. records by AP showed that ture was targeted.”q