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December 3, 2000: Cheney Asks Gore to Concede

2000-12-03

In televised interviews, Dick Cheney, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, urges Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic presidential candidate, to drop his legal challenges and concede defeat to Republican presidential contender George W. Bush. Gore says he has given little thought to any such concession. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 12/17/2000]