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From Oceanside to the Oval Office Man creates political party, eyes bid for White House By Michael Burge STAFF WRITER July 12, 2003 OCEANSIDE – Matthew Pinnavaia doesn't vote, drives a '77 Thunderbird, takes care of his ailing mother and, at 45, has decided to run for president of the United States. Only in America. That's pretty much what Pinnavaia said when asked what he thought his odds were of moving into the White House. "This is the United States of America," he said. "You can start from zero and reach the presidency." Pinnavaia knows he will tilt at many...

PRESIDENT CLINTON: Good evening. Earlier today, I ordered America's armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq's nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors. Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world. Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons. I want to explain why I have decided,...

President Bush will address the nation from the Oval Office on the Columbia tragedy, after calling the Prime Minister of Israel to give his condolences.There have already been mid level diplomatic exchanges of sorrow between the two nations.