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Presidential debate organizers say going ahead for Friday
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Organizers said Wednesday they were going ahead as planned with the first 2008 US presidential debate, despite Republican John McCain’s call to postpone the event in the face of the Wall Street crisis.
“We have been notified by the Commission on Presidential Debates that we are proceeding as scheduled,” said the University of Mississippi, which was to host Friday’s encounter between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.
“We are ready to host the debate, and we expect the debate to occur as planned,” it said in a statement.
“At present, the University has received no notification of any change in the timing or venue of the debate.”
The first of this election’s three scheduled debates between the White House contenders is due to be held in Oxford, Mississippi on Friday evening.
The non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates takes charge of organizing the logistics of the debates, brokering agreement between the campaigns on their format, timing and subject matter.
McCain said he was suspending his campaign from Thursday and returning to Washington for deliberations in Congress on the US government’s 700-billion-dollar financial rescue package.
There was no immediate response from the Obama campaign to the Republican’s call to postpone Friday’s debate.
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