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Bill Clinton, Tim Kaine Cancel Iowa Event After Police Shooting

Bill Clinton, Tim Kaine Cancel Iowa Event After Police Shooting
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MIAMI, FL - OCTOBER 24: Democratic vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks during a campaign rally at Florida International University on October 24, 2016 in Miami, Florida. Senator Kaine urged Floridians to take advantage of early voting (Photo by Johnny Louis/WireImage)
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign canceled an event in Iowa on Wednesday with former President Bill Clinton and vice presidential candidateTim Kaine after the deadly shooting of two police officers.

The campaign announced the cancellation of the Des Moines “get out the vote” event after two Iowa police officers were shot dead in separate “ambush-style” killings as they sat in their patrol cars in the Des Moines area.

 

(Reporting by Doina Chiacu)

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