Cheney, Democrats trade barbs over British troop move
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A war of words erupted between Vice President Dick Cheney and the top Democrat in Congress on Wednesday after Cheney said lawmakers opposing a U.S. troop buildup in Iraq "validate the al Qaeda strategy."
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Senate Democratic leaders on Friday accused Vice President Dick Cheney of playing politics with terrorism and contended that voters won't buy Republican arguments that the GOP is stronger on national security.
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CLEVELAND - Vice President Dick Cheney accused the Democratic presidential ticket Tuesday night of turning against the Iraq war for political gain. "We need a fresh start" countered Sen...
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Vice President Cheney today refused to back down from his assertion that the Democratic approach to Iraq would "validate the al Qaeda strategy," while he defended the recent nuclear deal with North Korea despite criticism from conservative allies.
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Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday harshly criticized the Iraq strategy advocated by Democratic leaders in Congress, saying their approach would "validate the al-Qaida strategy." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired back that Cheney's remarks were out of bounds.
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The government is "very sympathetic" to a U.S. request for British troops in southern Iraq to be moved closer to Baghdad to free up American forces for anti-insurgency operations, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Tuesday.
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Vice President Dick Cheney arrives in Australia on Thursday to thank one of Washington's staunchest supporters of the increasingly unpopular Iraq war &#151; an ally that has become a rarity by offering more, not fewer, troops for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Vice President Dick Cheney defended the administration's record in Iraq, and Senator John Edwards offered pointed criticism in a highly contentious and personal matchup.
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NANTUCKET, Mass.  - Democrat John Kerry hit back  at Dick Cheney on Thursday by raising the Republican's failure  to serve in the Vietnam War and asking voters to weigh his two  tours of duty against the vice president's five deferments.
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LONDON (CP) - Britain gave the strongest signal yet on Tuesday that it will agree to a United States request to move its troops in Iraq to support American military operations as pressure builds on Prime Minister Tony Blair to reject the overture.
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Tony Blair's main political rivals have launched a broadside over Iraq as UK troops ready to provide cover for U.S. forces in a more dangerous area of the country.
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Senate Democrats are hoping to force at least modest troop withdrawals in the coming months.
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Senate Democrats hope to lure more Republican votes for a policy shift in Iraq by giving emphasis to a change of mission for U.S. troops there.
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Vice President Cheney and his counterpart on the Democratic ticket, Sen. John Edwards, continued to trade sharp words on security and Iraq on Wednesday as they charged through the nation's hotly contested battleground states.
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Vice President Dick Cheney told supporters Friday that Democrat John Kerry, a senator from the Northeast, doesn't understand their needs.
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Britain agreed on Thursday to a U.S. request for UK troops to move to dangerous areas near Baghdad, a politically risky step for Tony Blair who could face a sharp backlash if casualty rates start rising.
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Vice President Dick Cheney turned Sen. John Kerry's own words against him Tuesday while criticizing the Democrat for calling the war in Iraq "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."