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CQPolitics.com - It was not an encouraging weekend for those who predict that conservative Republicans will overlook Rudy Giuliani’s moderate social views. Even the Newsweek poll showing the former New York City mayor on top of the GOP presidential race revealed the challenge he faces.

The first time I heard of this man he was touring Kenya, his ancestral village, and everyone there was gushing about him, treating him like a king returning home. This was late 2006. I had never heard of Barack Obama before, didn't realise he was an American senator, also didn't realise how few African-American senators

AP - There was a time when Fred Thompson suggested that he couldn't see himself running for office again.

AP - The head of the U.N.'s internal watchdog called for a major overhaul of U.N. purchasing operations, shortly after a former U.N. official was convicted on bribery and fraud charges for helping a friend obtain $100 million in U.N. contracts.