Bush, Kerry hit the books for crucial debate
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President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry hit the books this week for the first of three crucial debates that could decide the most heated White House race in recent history.
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The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democrat John Kerry reached an agreement on Monday to have three face-to-face debates and an announcement was to come shortly, officials said.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are back on the campaign trail, following Thursday&#39;s debate. Opening a rally in the key swing state of Pennsylvania, President Bush set aside his standard campaign speech for some post-debate analysis.
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The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry announced an agreement  on Monday to hold three face-to-face debates starting on Sept.  30 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry squared off Thursday night in their first debate, both saying they are the strongest candidates to lead the nation in the War on Terror.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts now have debated three times in the 2004 presidential campaign.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry battled over science, taxes and Iraq, as the spotlight of their newly tight race shifted to their running mates' only televised debate.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator John Kerry are set to meet in a final debate that could give one of the White House rivals
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BOSTON -- President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry sharpened their attacks on the campaign trail while preparing for Wednesday&#39;s final debate.
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The first presidential debate and its focus on foreign policy and security gives both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry opportunities to dig into each other's record and patch their own weaknesses on Iraq.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry geared up for their final televised debate, hoping to break open a race for the White House virtually deadlocked three weeks before the election.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla.  - President Bush and Democrat  John Kerry clashed over Bush's Iraq policy on Thursday in a  high-stakes presidential debate seen as critical to Kerry  closing the gap with his opponent.
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The presidential debates present both opportunity and peril for the two top candidates, with Sen. John Kerry hoping a strong performance spurs a decisive rally and President Bush aiming to seal his re-election.
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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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TEMPE, Ariz.  - President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry prepared on Wednesday for a final debate that could  give the winner a critical boost in the last three weeks of a  tight White House race.
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ST. LOUIS - President Bush and John Kerry sprinted back to the campaign trail, trying to build on their performances in an argumentative second debate that saw the presidential candidates colliding over war, jobs, education, health care, abortion, the environment and prescription drugs...
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As the first debate on Thursday nears, Bush and Kerry seek to knock each other off kilter. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.