2008 Democrats joust on Iraq
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Top Democratic presidential hopefuls traded their sharpest barbs yet of the 2008 White House race, as differences over Iraq burst into the open during their second televised debate.
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Despite feeling a gust of political wind at their backs for the coming election, Democrats still need to make some critically fine distinctions to voters if the war in Iraq is to blow down the house of George W. Bush and sweep away his partyÃ¢ÂÂs control of Congress.
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It's a painful irony for Democrats: In the space of a year, the Iraq war that was the source of party's resurgence in Congress became the measure of its impotence.
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George W. Bush and his White House challenger John Kerry traded shots over Iraq as the Democrats stepped up their attacks on the president's military record and fitness to command for four more years.
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Democratic presidential rivals  Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama battled over Iraq on Tuesday,  with Clinton urging an early pullout of U.S. troops and Obama  questioning his opponents&#39; shifting stances on the war.
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Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill will cast critical votes on the Iraq war this week
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Washington -- No argument is more central to the Republican attack on Sen. John Kerry than the assertion that the Democrat has flip-flopped on Iraq.
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Democratic presidential  candidates pounced on rival Hillary Clinton for her positions  on Iraq and Iran in a debate on Wednesday as they sought to  undercut her status as the campaign front-runner.
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U.S. lawmakers squared off on Tuesday over President George W. Bush's troop buildup in Iraq, with Democrats declaring Americans had lost faith in the war and Republicans warning against undermining the U.S. struggle with terrorism.
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Of the 2008 Democratic presidential contenders who voted to give President Bush authority to wage war in Iraq, only one will have no chance to make a very public U-turn when resolutions opposing the president's new war plan come before Congress in the coming days.
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Tempers flared on Iraq among Democrats on Tuesday as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fielded criticism from an anti-war congresswoman over liberals' concern that the party is not doing enough to end the war.
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Democratic candidates for the 2008 presidential nomination were quick and nearly uniform in their criticism of President Bush on Thursday, in the wake of the administrationÃ¢ÂÂs release of a progress report on the war in Iraq that painted a mixed picture Ã¢ÂÂ and the presidentÃ¢ÂÂs subsequent defense of the war in a news conference.
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The Iraq war was the dominant issue confronting Democratic presidential candidates Sunday night at their second televised debate of the campaign, this one in the leadoff primary state.
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For almost 18 months, Democrats trying to wrestle the White House and control of Congress back from the Republican Party have been blasting President Bush for rushing the country into war in Iraq.
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Given a chance, many House Democrats might support a resolution committing Congress to fund U.S. troops in Iraq. But fearing that might muddle their message opposing President Bush's Iraq policy, party leaders are not giving them the opportunity.
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US Democrats opened a new front in their battle for the White House, attacking Vice President Dick Cheney and his old company Halliburton for alleged &quot;cronyism&quot; that reaped billions of dollars of business in Iraq.
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Frustrated by Republican efforts to block votes on bringing American combat troops home from Iraq, Senate Democratic leaders were preparing to roll out sleeping cots Tuesday for an all-night debate on the war.