Statement From RNC Chairman on Obama's Broken Promise

WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Republican National Committee
(RNC) Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan issued the following statement today:

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"In his decision to break his promise and forgo our nation's public financing
system, Barack Obama failed to demonstrate the kind of principled leadership
that Americans are looking for in our next President. Obama's decision is
what we've come to expect from a candidate whose rhetoric is nothing like his
record, and it undermines his own claims to represent a 'new' kind of
politics. Clearly, Barack Obama is just another politician who is willing to
do whatever benefits his own personal agenda."

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