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What are the Presidential Candidates Saying about Federal Workers?
Below you will find articles and speeches in which the 2008 Presidential Candidates offer their ideas regarding federal employees and the issues federal employees face. Articles and speeches will be posted regularly throughout the 2008 presidential election campaign as they occur.
John McCain:
Candidates woo military in N.C., The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), May 1, 2008
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1056618.html
McCain's Plan for Working Class Offers Plenty for Corporate World, The Washington Post, April 16, 2008
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041502885.html?referrer=emailarticle
McCain Pledges to Reorganize Federal Workforce, GovExec.com, May 21, 2007
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0507/052107m2.htm.
Speech Delivered to Oklahoma State Legislature, May 21, 2007
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/Speeches/Read.aspx?guid=48474414-5864-4de8-921e-d2d51de82bdd
Barack Obama:
Candidates woo military in N.C., The News and Observer (Raleigh, NC), May 1, 2008
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1056618.html
Obama Says Government Must Hold Contractors Accountable, KGAN
October 3, 2007
http://www.kgan.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.ia/2ab96042-www.kgan.com.shtml
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama: Taking Our Government Back, June 22, 2007
http://www.barackobama.com/2007/06/22/remarks_of_senator_barack_obam_17.php
Obama Offers Health Care Plan, NYTimes.com. May 29, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/us/politics/29CND-OBAMA.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Model for Health Care Coverage, GovExec.Com, May 24, 2007
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0507/052407pb.htm
