Bush Preps for First Debate Against Kerry
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President Bush prepared and practiced on Saturday for the first of three presidential debates with rival John Kerry that could be pivotal in the close election race.
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Miami - US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry will stare each other down on Thursday in their first presidential debate, a high-stakes political prize-fight that could decide their vicious battle for the White House.
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President George W. Bush defended his policies in Iraq and in the war on terrorism against challenges by Democrat John Kerry early in the first presidential debate in Florida.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry drilled behind closed doors ahead of the first of three debates that could decide their hard-fought battle for the White House.
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President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry prepared for a security-policy showdown in their first debate on Thursday, as Iraq's growing insurgency claimed the lives of 34 children.
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President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry continued to spar as they prepared for their important first debate on Thursday.
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President Bush and John F. Kerry clashed over the Iraq war Thursday night in an intense and substantive first debate, in which the Democratic
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A recharged President Bush [related, bio] hopes to turn the tables on his opponent tonight and knock Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] on his heels in their second debate by attacking Kerry&#39;s lengthy Senate record.
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US President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry will hold three televised debates before the November 2 election, their campaigns said.
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The first of three presidential debates mostly likely will feature President George Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry at their charismatic best, experts say.
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President George W. Bush leads Democratic challenger John Kerry by 5 percentage points among likely voters in a Los Angeles Times poll taken ahead of the first presidential debate.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla.  - President Bush and  Democratic rival John Kerry square off in a crucial debate on  Thursday that will give voters their first chance to size up  the two White House candidates side by side.
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After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry will get their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath.
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Sen. John Kerry and President George W. Bush tested their best debate lines Monday, mixing dashes of humor with cutting criticism in a preview of their encounter in Florida Thursday night.
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US President George W. Bush's re-election bid, buffeted by bad news on the economy and Iraq, faced a crucial test Friday as he headed into a second debate with resurgent Democratic challenger John Kerry.
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US President George W Bush is set to defend his Iraq policy at the  annual debate of the UN General Assembly.