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<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">ALAWASH E-MAIL</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ALAWASH@alawash.org">ALAWASH@alawash.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 1:08 PM<br>
Subject: [ALAWON] Submit Your Questions for the Next Town Hall Presidential Debate<br>To: <a href="mailto:ala-wo@ala.org">ala-wo@ala.org</a><br><br><br>
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<p><b><i><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Submit Your Questions for the Next Town Hall Presidential Debate</span></font></i></b><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></span></font></p>

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<p><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><br>On Tuesday, October 7, one of the three 2008 Presidential debates between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain will be held at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. This debate will be a town hall format moderated by Tom Brokaw. The moderator will call on members of the audience as well as select questions submitted online.</span></font></p>
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<p><strong><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Friday, October 3, is the LAST day to submit questions</span></font></b></strong><font face="Arial"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> for the next debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain. The more questions submitted, the more likely a library question will be asked. This is an opportunity for the library voice to become an important part of the 2008 Presidential election. <br>
<br>Submit your questions at <a title="MyDebates" href="http://www.myspace.com/mydebates" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman"><span>www.MyDebates.org</span></font></a>. <br><br><br></span></font></p>
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