A spokesman for the Dole-Kemp campaign said on Friday that Mr. Kemp's exemption was issued after a routine physical.

The Dole-Kemp campaign sees no inconsistency in those past efforts and Mr. Dole's new call for ending loopholes.

He joined the Dole-Kemp campaign for President in 1996.

This Oprah-style arrangement has become a staple of the Dole-Kemp campaign.

And several of the organization's key benefactors and senior staff members have signed on with the Dole-Kemp campaign.

The Dole-Kemp campaign says Mr. Kemp will disclose his new net worth and earnings within the 30-day period required by election laws.

Rumsfeld and Timmons are today top strategists in the Dole-Kemp campaign.

In the 1996 presidential election he worked on the Dole-Kemp campaign.

In 1996, consultants for the Clinton-Gore campaign and the Dole-Kemp campaign also created their parties' issue advertisements.

Part of the reason is the weakness of the Dole-Kemp campaign.