Pomp and Parties, but Inaugural Tone Is Issue in Wartime
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Inaugurations are always balancing acts: part coronation, part celebration of democracy, part touchdown dance in the end zone. But they become even trickier during times of war.
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In wartime, presidents have filled their State of the Union addresses with words to rally the nation.
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The Inauguration is as close as America comes to a coronation
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Moderates are seeking the end of military rule, but that may not be good for the United States.
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The Iraqi political campaign officially kicked off yesterday, colored by hope but tempered by violence that highlighted security concerns
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In the course of three short months, the political system has come full circle: a presidential campaign, an inauguration, a State of the Union address and now this &#151; another presidential race. A dozen or so ambitious Republicans and Democrats already are warming up for 2008.
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As foreign governments pondered their reactions to President Bush's inaugural speech Thursday, newspapers  around the world reported it with particular emphasis on the religious tone and Bush's 27 references to "freedom" in the United States and abroad.
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Barack Obama, who has made his mark in the presidential race with his call for a new brand of politics, isn't quite as singular on the political scene as his campaign would suggest.
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An important part of President Bush's second-term plans went slightly off the rails during an inauguration week that ran pretty much on time.
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Modernisers and traditionalists are competing for the soul of the party.
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The party is cautious and uninspiring. It needs to be hot, conscious that the destiny of our country is at stake. By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.
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One recent accomplishment in Baghdad would make for awkward fodder for tonightâs State of the Union speech.
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As Republicans kicked up their heels at inaugural balls marking four more years in the White House, Democrats vowed not to be rolled over, despite a marked erosion of their political clout.
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Indonesia&#39;s new president has sworn in his cabinet, a day after his inauguration. But some of the names in the new administration have raised concerns among observers that politics might have won out over practicalities.
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The differences of opinion come as the community prepares to enjoy power for the first time in Iraq's history.
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Tony Blair will address his party - and Britain - this week against a backdrop of war and barbarity. But his hopes for Labour&#39;s re-election rely on what his government has achieved on the home front.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- As Sen. John McCain stages a resurrection in New Hampshire, his loyalists here say they can feel it in the air: the spirit of early 2000, when the Arizona Republican rode a raucous insurgency to trounce his party's establishment prince, George W. Bush, in the first-in-the-nation...