WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George
W. Bush and his wife as well as Vice President Dick Cheney have cast their votes
for their party's presidential candidate John McCain, the White House said on
Friday.
U.S. President George W. Bush walks to
the Oval Office as he returns to the White House after attending briefings
at the National Security Agency, in Washington, October 24, 2008.
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"Today the president and Mrs. Bush cast their ballots
for the 2008 election during the early voting process. The ballots will be
mailed back to Texas today," said spokeswoman Dana Perino in a statement.
She also said that Bush and his wife plan to be at
the White House on election night.
"For months the president has said he supports John McCain for president and of course he voted for him," she added.
Supporters cheer during a campaign rally with U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in Denver, Colorado October 24, 2008. (Xinhua/Rueters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>
Cheney's press secretary told reporters on Friday
that the vice president also voted for McCain and mailed his absentee ballot to
his home state of Wyoming on Oct. 8.
Despite a number of voters that have cast their
absentee ballots for the next president, most Americans are expected to vote on
Nov. 4, the election day.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Republican
presidential candidate John McCain's campaign defended vice presidential
candidate Sarah Palin's fashion expenses that has grabbed public and media
attention with only days before the election day.
The wardrobe controversy was expanded with a report saying
Palin's stylist, Amy Strozzi, was paid 22,800 U.S. dollars for the first two
weeks in October, while McCain's foreign policy adviser, Randy Scheunemann, was
paid only 12,500 dollars during the same period. Full story
