{"id":2336,"date":"2012-11-02T11:58:22","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2015-01-08T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T22:07:43","slug":"sen-mccain-speaks-at-cmus-wiegand-gymnasium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2012\/11\/02\/sen-mccain-speaks-at-cmus-wiegand-gymnasium\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. McCain speaks at CMU’s Wiegand Gymnasium"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Photo by V.W.H Campbell, Post-Gazette) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Apr. 15, 2008:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0The Republican presidential nominee gave a major speech outlining his economic plan for the United States. In closing remarks of that speech, Sen. McCain said: \u201cIn the weeks and months ahead, I will detail my plans to reform health care in America\u2026 to make our schools more accountable to parents and taxpayers\u2026 to keep America\u2019s edge in technology\u2026 to use the power of free markets to grow our economy\u2026 to escape our dependence on foreign oil\u2026 and to guard against climate change and to be better stewards of the earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sen. McCain was defeated by Sen. Obama in the presidential election on November 4, in both the electoral and popular vote by the largest margin in 20 years.\u00a0McCain received 173 electoral votes and Obama received 365. Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States and was inaugurated on Tuesday, January 20, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Republican presidential nominee gave a major speech outlining his economic plan for the United States.<\/p>\n

Look at the picturesSen. McCain speaks at CMU’s Wiegand Gymnasium<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[948],"tags":[966,1200,980,1037],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/tumblr_mctzfe3QtP1rr5swxo1_1280.jpg?fit=1280%2C725&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9066,"url":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/08\/27\/in-pittsburgh-john-mccain-finally-says-the-e-word\/","url_meta":{"origin":2336,"position":0},"title":"In Pittsburgh, John McCain finally says the ‘e-word’","date":"August 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"John McCain suspended his 2000 presidential campaign in March, but two months later he still hadn't said the magic word -- \"endorse.\" The Republican senator from Arizona dropped out after a series of primary defeats left him little hope of catching Texas Gov. 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