Hastert Plans to Run, Stay On as Speaker
From Times Wire Reports
House Speaker Dennis J. Hastert (R-Ill.) who has been vague about whether he would give up the reins at the end of this Congress, told a group of supporters that he planned to run again and serve as speaker for the rest of President Bush’s second term.
Ron Bonjean, Hastert’s communications director, said the speaker told an audience of about 80 at a fundraiser last week at the Chicago Club that he would run again “at the urging of his constituents and the president.”
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