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Kansas Citians React to the Vice Presidential Debate

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Published October 5, 2004 at 10:50 AM CDT

By Maria Carter

Kansas City, Missouri – Vice presidential candidates Dick Cheney and John Edwards met for their first and only debate. KCUR's Maria Carter found out what a few shoppers in Brookside thought of the debate, the candidates and the issues.

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