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  Thompson won’t sign Norquist’s no-tax pledge
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News DateTuesday, September 11, 2007 03:20:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionPresidential candidate and former Sen. Fred Thompson’s (R-Tenn.) campaign said Monday he will not sign Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) pledge against raising taxes.

Echoing former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani (R) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in a GOP debate last week, a Thompson campaign spokeswoman said the former senator’s record speaks for itself, and Thompson does not want to be boxed in by signing any pledges.

“Fred Thompson’s record of cutting taxes and pushing for reform speaks for itself,” spokeswoman Karen Hanretty said in an e-mail. “This is the approach he will take as president. He is bound by that principle and does not make a practice of signing pledges.”
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