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 Hillary Clinton enters Senate race Accompanied by husband Bill and daughter Chelsea, First Lady has formally declared that she is running for the Senate
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| Apr.4 |
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Microsoft loses antitrust suit| Microsoft is confident that it will eventually overturn the decision by a judge that it violated anti-monopoly laws | |
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Insufficient evidence to prosecute Clinton Whitewater investigation of the Clintons ends without indictments. Counsel Ray said that there was insufficient evidence
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| Nov.7 |
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Hillary Clinton Wins Senate Race First Lady captured New York's hotly contested Senate seat over Republican Rep. Rick Lazio
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 Closest Presidential election  Bush's slim lead in Florida leads to automatic recount in that state
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| Nov.24 |
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Bush files brief in Supreme Court
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| Dec.4 |
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 High Court Ruling helps Bush Supreme Court set aside a ruling on hand-counted votes in Florida's presidential election
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| Dec.5 |
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Greenspan could cut rate
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Anti-terrorist accord
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| Dec.7 |
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Court ends hearing on Gore appeal The Florida high Court concluded a hearing on appeal to force a recount of some 14,000 ballots in 2 counties
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| Dec.9 |
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High Court Stops Recounts Divided U.S. Supreme Court granted Bush's plea to halt hand recounts of ballots in Florida
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| Dec.12 |
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Sup. Court sends case to Florida Supreme Court sends back recount case to state's Supreme Court. No recounting can resume any time soon
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| Dec.13 |
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Gore conceded race| Republican Bush addressed the nation as the president-elect from the House chamber of the Texas | |
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| Dec.14 |
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AOL, Time Warner merger approved Companies agree to safeguard competition in high-speed Internet access
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| Dec.16 |
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 Powell named as secretary of state Bush named former U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman as first African-American secretary of state
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 C. Rice to be national security adviser  Map of White House USA| Bush is expected to name Condoleezza Rice as his national security adviser and A. Gonzales as White House counsel. | |
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| Dec.18 |
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Bush receives enough electoral votes 271 of the nation's 538 electors cast votes for Bush. Gore received 267
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| Dec.19 |
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 Mideast Peace Talks Start Israelis and Palestinians began talks aimed at securing a peace agreement and bringing an end to a violence
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| Dec.20 |
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Bush announces 3 Cabinet picks D. Evans as commerce secretary, M. Martinez as housing secretary, and A. Veneman as head of the Agriculture
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Clinton meet Mideast negotiators Clinton met with Israeli Foreign Minister S. Ben-Ami and chief Palestinian negotiator S. Erakat
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Progress at Mideast talks Clinton likely to step in after differences over Jerusalem's future may be diminishing
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Bush Names Attorney General John Ashcroft, a senator from Missouri who lost his seat in the election named as Attorney General
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Mideast Talks End Inconclusively Iisraeli and Palestinian negotiators meet with Clinton. Decision on summit hangs
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 Rumsfeld to lead Pentagon| Bush picks Ford veteran, former Defense Secretary as new Defense Chief | |
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Bush names 4 Cabinet members Thompson as health and human services secretary, Norton as interior, Paige as education and Principi as veterans affairs
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Criminal Court Treaty Signed Treaty creates the first permanent criminal court for accused of the world's worst atrocities
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