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SACRAMENTO, Calif. 鈥?California lawmakers voted early Saturday to set the state presidential primary in March, a move that would force candidates to mount expensive campaigns earlier in the state that awards the most delegates.The bill will go to Gov. Jerry Brown for consideration. He has not sai stanley cup d if he will sign it.The bill would move the presidential primary to the Tuesday after the first Monday in March 鈥?three months earlier than the June contest held in 2016, when Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were already the presumptive nominees.A March primary would likely fall on so-called Super Tuesday, when roughly a dozen states typically vote following the early primaries stanley cup in Iowa, New Hampshire and several other states.Candidates will have to spend more time in Californ stanley cup ia, said Democratic Assemblyman Kevin Mullin of San Francisco.An earlier primary could give an edge to well-funded candidates.READ NEXT: California lawmakers to tackle housing crisis, immigrationCalifornia is home to 11 media markets, making it expensive to campaign.It easier for candidates with limited money to compete alongside financial heavy-hitters in early primary states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. In 2016, for example, John Kasich took second in New Hampshire with limited money, while Jeb Bush, who had more than $100 million, placed fourth.The cost of playing in California versus playing in New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina is incredibly different, Gakh The death toll from Chile s wildfires reaches 131, and more than 300 people are missing
Col. Chuck Sexton shows off his prize to Margaret Warner.MOSUL, Iraq | When the Americans arrived, they found Iraq chock-a-block with Soviet-era armaments tanks, guns, mortar rounds and ammunition left over from the days when Saddam Hussein was one of Moscow best arms customers.U.S. soldiers found some of the stuff in bunkers long-maintained by Saddam army. Other pieces littered the landscape. The hardware they found around Mosul was towed to the Bone Yard, a guarded lot outside the U.S. military base, Camp Marez, to keep it from falling into insurgents ; hands.When base commander Col. Chuck Sexton, who leads the Third Infantry Division ; 2nd Brigade, spotted several tanks there, he told his boys to pick one off the lot and bring it inside the wire for an overhaul. And they did.At 10 one night, we found two mechanics extraordinaire Sgt. Mark Wheeler of Indiana and Spc. Adam Silver of New York in an oversized repair bay working on a hulking T-55 air max 1 Cold War-vintage tank. They and their buddies are working 12-hour shift adidas campus s to refurbish the beast and get it running. It every small boy dream the ultimate toy model.Mechanics extraordinaire Sgt. Mark Wheeler and Spc. Adam Silver right They rebuilt the V-12 engine, tore out and rewired the electrical system, stripped and jordan painted the body; and improvised 50-gallon drums as fuel tanks. Every working part, short of the transmission, has been ref |
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