Matthew Standerfer, Cronkite News Service//October 18, 2012//

[caption id="attachment_52159" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton chats up attendees at a luncheon in Washington for convention organizers. Stanton was at the meeting to pitch Phoenix as a potential...

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