Bush, Kerry Square Off Over Jobs, Iraq
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Democrat John Kerry on Friday called President Bush "unfit to lead this nation," less than an hour after the Republican incumbent promised Americans a victory over terrorism and a strong economy.
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AKRON, Ohio - President Bush and John Kerry battled over the economy and jobs in a small corner of the campaign's most fiercely contested state Saturday as polls showed a post-convention surge for the Republican in the White House.   "They promised to create 6 million jobs, and guess what? They're about 7 million short," said Kerry, who also criticized the administration's new 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums...
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ST. LOUIS -- President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry sparred Friday night over Iraq, taxes, abortion and stem-cell research in a wide-ranging and heated debate that painted two vastly different portraits of America and its place in the world.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry battled over Iraq, terrorism, health care, and jobs, hoping their final debate would break their deadlocked race.
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ST. LOUIS  - President Bush and Democratic  challenger John Kerry differed sharply on Iraq, jobs and taxes  in their second debate on Friday, with Kerry questioning Bush's  judgment and the president accusing Kerry of crumbling under  political pressure.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry pivoted from the contentious debate over Iraq to bread-and-butter issues Saturday and accused President Bush of &quot;serious misjudgments&quot; on the economy as well as the war.
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The second presidential debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry was framed by lingering questions on Iraq and the economy.
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A look at the positions of President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Iraq:
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ONALASKA, United States  - George W. Bush and his rival John Kerry traded blows over Iraq and taxes as they headed into the final week of their tight presidential race scrambling for late votes to swing the outcome.
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ELYRIA, Ohio - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, their animosity stirred by a contentious second debate, lit into each other over Iraq, jobs and debate performance on Saturday in critical battleground states...
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CANONSBURG, Pa./POPLAR BLUFF  - Democratic  presidential nominee John Kerry launched one of his harshest  broadsides against the Iraq war on Monday and drew an angry  response from President Bush, in a clash that overshadowed  their attempts to focus on the economy.
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President Bush and Democratic rival  John Kerry clashed on Thursday over the outlook for Iraq, with  Kerry accusing Bush of living in "a fantasy world of spin" and  the Bush campaign condemning Kerry's pessimism.
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President Bush and Democratic  challenger Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national  security, taxes and jobs on Tuesday, with Kerry questioning  Bush's credibility and fitness to be commander in chief.
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President Bush sought momentum on Saturday from his second debate with Democratic Sen. John Kerry by attacking Kerry for saying he has a consistent position on Iraq and would not raise middle-class taxes.
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CLEVELAND - Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush have clashed repeatedly over Iraq, with the Democrat branding it &#39;the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time&#39;.
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The debate over US policy in Iraq between President Bush and Democratic nominee John F. Kerry took center stage in the presidential campaign last week as Kerry laid out his most specific plans to date.
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President Bush and rival John Kerry on Tuesday offered different ways to boost the sluggish job market, the president calling for legal reforms to help workers and businesses while his Democratic opponent proposed ending tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas.    Kerry, moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging, used the latest forecast of a record budget deficit to bolster his contention that Bush is leading the country in the wrong direction...