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| | CNN.com - Armey won't endorse anyone in brewing House leader's race - December 16, 2001 |
 | | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Though House Majority Whip Tom DeLay is "a good, able guy," House Majority Leader Dick Armey said Sunday that he will not endorse DeLay, or anyone else, in the race to succeed him as leader of the House Republicans when he retires next year. |
 | | But asked about comments from some GOP lawmakers that DeLay, nicknamed "the Hammer" for his work in the whip's post, may not present the right image for the Republicans as majority leader, Armey said the criticism was not fair. |
 | | As whip, DeLay is No. 3 in the House Republican hierarchy, behind House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Armey. |
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