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INSTEAD.
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO
DECISION 20-12, AND IN
VIRGINIA, THERE'S A
U-S SENATE SEAT UP FOR
GRABS.
CAMPAIGNING HARD IN
HAMPTON ROADS.
TODAY REPUBLICAN AND
ALLEN WAS IN
NEWPORT NEWS ALONG WITH
GOVERNOR BOB MCDONNELL.
10 ON YOUR SDE'S ART KOHN
WAS ALSO THERE, WHEN THE
TWO MEN VISITED A
ART.
GOVERNOR MCDONNELL AND
FORMER GOVERNOR,GEORGE
TOGETHER, USING TODAY'S
STOP TO
ARGUE AGAINST DEFENSE
DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNOR TIM KAINE SAYS
THE TWO
REPUBLICANS ARE AT ODDS
WHEN IT COMES TO
SEQUESTRATION, OR
AT LEAST THEY WERE BEFORE
NOW.
SENATOR ALLEN AND
GOVERNOR MCDONNELL MET
WITH EMPLOYEES OF
SPECTRUM, A SMALL DEFENSE
ABOUT,
YOU GUESSED IT,
SEQUESTRATION.
"...WHICH I OPPOSED AND
MY OPPONENT ACTUALLY
CONTINUES TO SAY
IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO." HIS DEMOCRATIC
OPPONENT FORMER
ALLEN'S REPUBLICAN
COLLEAGUE AND
CURRENT GOVERNOR, BOB
THE BILL
THAT CALLED FOR
SEQUESTRATION OF THE
DEFENSE BUDGET IF
CONGRESS FAILED TO FIND
OTHER AREAS TO TRIM
SPENDING IN ORDER
TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL
DEBT.
"GOVERNOR MCDONNELL AND I
WHEN THIS WAS BEING
DEBATED IN
WASHINGTON IN THE SUMMER
OF 2011 HAD EXACTLY THE
SAME POSITION..."
"I AGREED AND I THINK THE
GOVERNOR AND I HAD A
LITTLE
DIFFERENT APPROACH ON
THAT. I FELT THAT IT WAS
BETTER TO HAVE AH,
THE SEQUESTRATION
"HAMMER" GO INTO AFFECT
AS OPPOSED TO THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA DEFAULT
ON ITS OBLIGATIONS AND
CAUSE AN
INTERNATIONAL CRISIS." IN
OTHER WORDS, THE GOVERNOR
SAYS SEQUESTRATION WAS
ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE AN
INCENTIVE FOR CONGRESS TO
FIND OTHER CUTS TO
SPENDING. BUT THE
DO THAT.
"TIM KAINE IN A RECENT
DEBATE CONTINUES TO SAY
THIS
THE RIGHT THING TO DO
" I ENDORSED THE PLAN NOT
BECAUSE I WANTED DEFENSE
CUTS. THOSE OF US
STATES DEFAULTING ON OUR
CREDIT FOR THE
FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY
OF THE COUNTRY..."
"I JUST THINK IT IS SO
CONTRACTORS, TO USE THOSE
MEN AND WOMEN AS A
POLITICAL BARGAINING CHIP
TO RAISE TAXES ON JOB
CREATING SMALL BUSINESS
OWNERS."
SENATOR ALLEN REFERRING
PROPOSAL TO
ALLOW THE BUSH ERA TAX
CUTS TO EXPIRE AT THE END
OF THE YEAR FOR
THOSE EARNING
500-THOUSAND DOLLARS A
YEAR OR MORE. ALLEN
FAVORS DOING AWAY WITH
MOST OF THE AFFORDABLE
CARE ACT AND
RESTRUCTURING THE TAX
CODE.
YOU CAN FIND MORE ABOUT
BOTH CANDIDATES ON
WAVY-DOT-COM.
ART KOHN, 10 ON YOUR