This industry is declining. It's heading into oblivion. We don't want that to happen.

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In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Ridge has created an exciting outreach program focusing on dads and their contribution to family life.

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I saw him last in Kentucky, at the Kentucky Derby. He's running a company down there, trying to turn it around and get it ready for sale. I think he is spending four days a week down there.

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It's probably the worst coastal flooding since 1992. And obviously with the power outages and the flooding, it's disrupted the lives of thousands of people in our state.

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Democrats ... such as Vice President Al Gore, are fighting to preserve the status quo and protect an educational system that is failing our kids, ... But Republican governors are taking bold steps and forcing real change in our schools.

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But what they did not know - and what the Canadian government did not boast about - was that Canada had fallen to 35th place in the world in the number of troops it had committed to peacekeeping missions.

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We have some significant differences on a number of specific issues. But our policy differences pale in comparison to overall scope of our cooperation.

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I believe the real state of our state will be measured by the state of our schools.

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Children without fathers are five times more likely to grow up poor, twice as likely to drop out of high school and more likely to end up in foster care or juvenile justice facilities, ... There is no doubt that dads make a difference in children's lives.

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