McCain wants Ballmer as ambassador to China
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'Your government is like Linux' Irascible chair-flinging corporate tyrant Steve Ballmer could be in the running for a top government job, it was revealed last week.â¦
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Two top aides resigned Tuesday from the 2008 presidential campaign of Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain Ã¢ÂÂ the latest sign of disarray for the one-time GOP front-runner, whose White House bid has been beset by stagnant poll numbers, lower-than-expected fundraising and staff layoffs.
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Iraq's interim government is  considering nominees for the position of ambassador to the  United States for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War,  deputy foreign minister Hamid al-Bayati said on Thursday.
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Influential Republican Senator John McCain announced Wednesday he will run for the White House in the 2008 race.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday urged Congress to adopt a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration laws
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WASHINGTON - Arizona Republican John McCain is a man seemingly stuck in the middle this presidential election year: a friend and sometimes defender of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and a loyal party wingman for President Bush who is a
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A leading pro-democracy legislator who is in favour with Hong Kong's rulers in China, has urged Beijing to allow a swift transition to full democracy in the former British colony.
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The Senate is likely to pass a bill  aimed at forcing Beijing to change its currency policies by  threatening a 27.5 percent tariff on Chinese exports to the  United States, a top Republican senator said on Thursday.
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Immigration reform is proving to be a divisive issue for the Republican Party.  But few prominent Republicans are feeling the heat like Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a fact that prompted the 2008 contender to address the issue head-on Monday.
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Republican Alan Keyes needs votes, so he is here to meet and greet and make nice. This is a daunting task. Not many of his fellow Republicans have expressed great interest in the the former presidential candidate now running for a Senate seat from Illinois.
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Since becoming Treasury secretary last summer, Henry M. Paulson Jr. has pleaded for patience on the issue of China's currency. Using the high-level contacts he made as chairman of the global investment bank Goldman Sachs, he sought ways to get Chinese leaders to move.
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Setting aside any doubt about his presidential aspirations, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona announced Wednesday that he would seek the GOP presidential nomination.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell is in China as part of a three-nation Asian tour to try to restart multi-party talks on North Korea&#39;s nuclear program.
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To try to stop John McCain, the former consultant is focusing on his business acumen instead of his conservative credentials
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The American ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan C. Crocker, has asked the Bush administration to take the unusual step of granting immigrant visas to all Iraqis employed by the U.S. government in Iraq because of growing concern that they will quit and flee the country if they cannot be assured eventual...
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Top Republican Senator John McCain calls for more US troops to be sent to Iraq to stabilise the country.
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Senator John McCain officially announces he will seek the Republican nomination for US presidency in 2008.