revitalized waterfront and Gaslamp Quarter. The convention committee, however, overran its budget by some $20 million, largely because of the extra costs of security. Due to the limited ceiling height of the convention hall, the podium was elevated a mere above the convention floor, as opposed to the that the podium had been elevated at the preceding 1992 Republican convention. Convention speakers John Marelius of the San Diego Union-Tribune described the convention's lineup of speakers as portraying a, "diverse, inclusive Republican Party of stirring orators, women, minorities, disabled people and Democrats who switched parties." Marelius regarded the convention as contrasting with the preceding 1992 Republican convention, which had given prominent platform for Pat Buchanan's "religious war". Some religious conservatives took issue with the sparse inclusion of "pro-life" (anti-abortion) rhetoric in the convention. Schedule August 12 Former President Gerald Ford Former President George H. W. Bush Retired General Colin Powell Former First Lady Nancy Reagan August 13 Representative John Kasich of Ohio Representative J.C. Watts of Oklahoma Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas Governor Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey Representative Susan Molinari of New York (keynote address) August 14 Former United States secretary of labor and United States secretary of transportation Elizabeth Dole (wife of presidential nominee Bob Dole) Colorado Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell Former vice president Dan Quayle Former United States ambassador to the United Nations Jeane Kirkpatrick Former United States secretary of state James Baker III Robin Dole (daughter of presidential nominee Bob Dole) August 15 Stephen Fong Vice presidential nominee and former United States secretary of housing and urban development Jack Kemp (vice presidential nomination acceptance speech) Presidential nominee and former United States Senate majority leader Bob Dole (presidential nomination acceptance speech) Notable speeches Bob Dole's presidential nomination acceptance speech Dole's acceptance speech provided a heavy focus on the issue of trust, highlighting not just the need for the American public to have trust in government, but also the need for the government to have trust in the American public. Dole declared, "the fundamental issue is not of policy, but of trust -- not merely whether the people trust the president, but whether the president and his party trust the people, trust in their goodness and their genius for recovery. For the government cannot direct the people, the people must direct the government." In his speech, Dole denounced intolerance, including racism and religious intolerance. Dole declared the