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swamppolitics.com - 1/7/2009
Jack Kemp has cancer: report
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by Frank James Jack Kemp, the former congressman, Housing and Urban Development secretary and vice presidential running mate to 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole has cancer though details on the type of cancer weren't made public. Before Kemp entered politics, he was the star ...
politico.com - 1/7/2009
Kemp diagnosed with cancer
— politico.com — Doctors are testing the former GOP vice-presidential nominee before determining a course of treatment.... (more) Kemp diagnosed with cancer

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Jack Kemp diagnosed with cancer - On Deadline
— blogs.usatoday.com — Jack Kemp, a former NFL player and GOP vice presidential nominee, announced this morning that he has... been diagnosed with cancer, The Politico reports. MSNBC has a statement from the ex-HUD secretary's office: Mr. Kemp has been undergoing tests to ... (more) Jack Kemp diagnosed with cancer - On Deadline
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Jack Kemp Diagnosed with Cancer
airamerica.com - 1/7/2009
Jack Kemp Diagnosed with Cancer
— airamerica.com — Former Republican vice presidential nominee and professional football player Jack Kemp has been diagnosed with cancer. Politico... has more : According to a statement from his consulting firm, Kemp Partners, doctors are still testing Kemp before determining a course of treatment.  ... (more) Jack Kemp Diagnosed with Cancer

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Top of the Ticket:  Former GOP Rep. and VP nominee Jack Kemp has cancer

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Former GOP Rep. and VP nominee Jack Kemp has cancer
Top of the Ticket — ... running mate on the 1996 Republican ticket forged in San Diego. Before that he was in the Cabinet of Pres. George H.W. Bush as HUD secretary. And he had his own unsuccessful campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in 1988 against the same Bush. Kemp's office said he would continue his consulting and charitable work but did not disclose what type of cancer he has. "His multitudes of friends are praying for the best," Dole told the Associated Press. --Andrew Malcolm ...

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