New Hampshire Secretary of State William M. Gardner announced Friday in a press release that Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich and Republican candidate Albert Howard have requested a recount. Gardner states that the recount will start Wednesday, January 16.

According to the press release on the NH Sec of State web site, "Mr. Howard and Mr. Kucinich have satisfied the requirements for initiating a statewide recount of the Republican and Democratic primary."

"Secretary of State William M Gardner will estimate the cost of the recounts, which must be paid by the candidate(s) for the recount to proceed."

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56^th in blog series on the administration push to war.
December 9-19, 2002:

 
 

Dec. 9, 2002 – Former BBC correspondent Tim Lewellyn reports for the Middle East Economic Survey after a visit to Baghdad:
 

“The Iraqis are awaiting a solution, however it may be delivered, from out of whatever alien landscape. The Iraqi people have no control over any function of their lives except that of sheer survival. They can no more organize themselves to rid the nation of Saddam Husain and the extraordinary network of power and solidarity he has built for himself ...   more »