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>FROM: Paul Hansen, executive director, Izaak Walton League
>RE: Cancellation of Iowa Presidential Debates
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> The presidential debates that we were cosponsoring have been
>cancelled. For those of you that have already started your media efforts,
>the following text can be used in a press release announcing the
>cancellation.
>
> We appreciate all of the hard work by Ikes in publicizing this event
>and we are obviously very disappointed that this did not work out. Please
>help us to spread the word about the cancellation.
>
>Press Release Text:
>
>The pair of Iowa presidential debates cosponsored by the League, its Iowa
>Division and several other groups on Jan. 10 and 12 were cancelled
recently
>due to a lack of commitments by candidates to participate.  Vice-President
>Al Gore committed to attend, but Sen. Bill Bradley refused.  All the
>Republicans, except Orrin Hatch who agreed to come, were noncommittal.
>
> The debates were intended to allow presidential hopefuls to discuss
>conservation, agricultural and environmental issues important to voters in
>Iowa and around the country.
>
> "We're obviously disappointed that so few candidates were willing to
>participate," said IWLA Executive Director Paul Hansen. "The people of
Iowa
>and the nation need to hear from their candidates about the issues facing
>agriculture, conservation and energy."
>
> Ikes who responded to the League's year-end appeal survey about
>possible debate questions will still have their voices heard, however.
>Results of the survey will be tabulated and released to the press, the
>candidates and will be reported in Outdoor America. After the primaries,
>candidates for each party will be asked to respond to conservation
questions in the pages of Outdoor America. The issues chosen by Ikes as
most important will form the basis of those articles.
>
> "While these excellent forums are lost to us, we will continue to
>make our members' views known to the candidates," Hansen concluded.

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