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Prior to the first of three presidential debates, telephone lines were open for comments on the presidential campaign. Interviews with journalists and debate officials focused on the state o…

Telephone lines were open for comments prior to the second 2008 presidential debate. Roger Simon talked by live remote about candidate preparations for the evening debate and activities on t…

Prior to the vice presidential debate, telephone lines were open for comments on expectations for the candidates. Debate organizers spoke about the event and to the audience in attendance ab…

Prior to the first of three presidential debates, telephone lines were open for comments on the presidential campaign and expectations for the candidates' meeting. Additionally debate organi…

Prior to the third in a series of three presidential candidate debates, officials briefed the audience on the debate format, rules of the debate, and expected decorum from the audience.

Officials briefed the audience prior to the second in a series of three presidential candidate debates. The format for the debate was a town hall meeting with questions submitted by audience…

Prior to a vice presidential candidate debate at Case Western Reserve University, organizers and officials spoke to the audience about the rules of debate and expected decorum for the event.

Prior to the third and final debate sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates, officials outlined the format of the debate and briefed the audience on proper behavior.

Prior to the second of three presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential debates, officials greeted the audience and reviewed the rules of the debate.

Prior to the first of three presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Elections, organizers briefed the audience on the debate format and asked that they not participate …

Members of the Commission on Presidential Debates briefed reporters on the criteria for including candidates in the 2000 presidential debates. Commission officials indicated candidates had …

Immediately prior to the second and final presidential debate of 1996, the Debate Commission Co-chairs, local officials, and business representatives welcomed the audience and described the …

Prior to the vice presidential debate, members of the Commission on Presidential Debates, the moderator, Mr. Lehrer, and others spoke to the audience about the format of the debate.

Immediately prior to the first presidential debate of 1996, the Debate Commission Co-chairs, local officials, and business representatives welcomed the audience and described the efforts to …

Commission representatives spoke in a news conference to announce the release of initial research on the 1992 presidential campaign debates. Issues raised in the news conference included the…

The preview of the third presidential debate in East Lansing, Michigan, included telephone callers' questions to Mr. Barnes, sitting in the Washington studio, and several campaign officials …

The presidential candidates debate preview included remarks by members of the Commission on Presidential Debates to audience members in the debate hall, a brief open phones segment, and a br…

Members of the Commission on Presidential Debates and the moderator for the upcoming vice presidential debate addressed the audience in the debate hall on the Georgia Tech University campus …

Prior to the presidential debate, C-SPAN opened its phones for viewer comments and interviewed several persons. Ms. Groer was a questioner at the 1988 presidential candidate debates.

The commission held a news conference to announce the release of its report on its recommendations for the conduct of the fall 1992 presidential debates. The report contained plans for three…