McCain asks all Americans to help with storm

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AFP) — White House hopeful John McCain urged all Americans to reach out and help those caught in the path of deadly Hurricane Gustav Sunday after touring an emergency response center in the coastal state of Mississippi.

"America needs all of us to do what American have always done in times of disaster and challenge, and that is join together and help our fellow citizens," McCain told reporters.

McCain called on Americans to help fellow citizens by "reaching out our hands and our hearts and our wallets to the people who are under such great threat from this great natural disaster."

McCain vowed to set aside partisan politics in the intense race for the White House and instead focus on unity in the face of great threats at his party's...