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0000017a-3b40-d913-abfe-bf44a4f90000Howard Wilkinson joined the WVXU news team as the politics reporter and columnist in April 2012 , after 30 years of covering local, state and national politics for The Cincinnati Enquirer. On this page, you will find his weekly column, Politically Speaking; the Monday morning political chats with News Director Maryanne Zeleznik and other news coverage by Wilkinson. A native of Dayton, Ohio, Wilkinson has covered every Ohio gubernatorial race since 1974, as well as 16 presidential nominating conventions. Along with politics, Wilkinson also covered the 2001 Cincinnati race riots, the Lucasville prison riot in 1993, the Air Canada plane crash at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in 1983, and the 1997 Ohio River flooding. And, given his passion for baseball, you might even find some stories about the Cincinnati Reds here from time to time.

Trump, Clinton To Address American Legion Convention Here

Tana Weingartner
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WVXU
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton addressing audiences during stops earlier this summer in Sharonville and Cincinnati.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will speak on back-to-back days at the American Legion's national convention, which begins in Cincinnati later this month.

The convention is being held at the Duke Energy Convention Center Aug. 26 through Sept. 1. Clinton, the Democratic nominee, is expected to address the veterans' organization on Wednesday, Aug. 31, while the Republican candidate, Trump, will make his speech to the group Thursday, Sept. 1.

About 9,000 veterans, family members and guests are expected to attend the convention.

The veterans' organization always invites the major party candidates to its national convention in a presidential election year.

Trump held a rally July 6 at the Sharonville Convention Center and, during the Ohio primary season, rallied supporters in West Chester. This will be his first trip to the city of Cincinnati.

Clinton was here on July 18, when she spoke to delegates to the NAACP national convention at the Duke Energy Convention Center. Trump turned down the NAACP's invitation to speak.

Trump campaigned in Youngstown Tuesday, while Clinton is holding a campaign event in Cleveland Wednesday.

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.