Bush, Kerry Clash Over Latest Jobs Report
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President Bush hailed a slight decline in unemployment Friday as reason for his re-election, evidence the "economy is strong and getting stronger." Not so, said Sen. John Kerry, countering that the administration's term will end with a net loss of jobs.
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ST. LOUIS  - President Bush and Democratic  challenger John Kerry argued about Iraq, jobs and taxes in  their second debate Friday, with Kerry questioning Bush's  judgment and the president accusing Kerry of crumbling under  political pressure.
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In a tough-worded, focused attack, Senator John Kerry lashed out Wednesday at the Bush administration over tax policy, jobs, the economy and health care.
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CANONSBURG, Pa./POPLAR BLUFF  - Democratic  presidential nominee John Kerry, fresh from a campaign revamp  and slipping in the polls, tried to focus on the economy on  Monday but instead offered new criticism of the Iraq war, while  President Bush touted his tax reform.
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President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national security, taxes and jobs on
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Aug. 19, 2004  Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is tying together two of the country&#39;s biggest problems job losses and rising health care costs and blaming President Bush for both.
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President Bush and his Democratic Party challenger Senator John Kerry traded barbs Friday on terrorism and domestic issues. The criticisms are growing sharper with less than two weeks left in the presidential campaign.
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President Bush has been saying that the US economy has ''turned the corner.&quot; Democratic presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry, in the wake of this month's poor jobs report, quipped that it was more like a U-turn.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry crisscrossed crucial swing states in the Midwest on  Friday to accuse each other of being out of step with reality  and out of ideas for the economy.
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President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival for the White House, John Kerry, clashed over the Iraq war and the US economy as a new poll showed Kerry falling behind in public ratings.
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Campaigning in a swing county in Iowa that he lost four years ago, President Bush criticized Sen. John Kerry on education and jobs Friday, saying the Democrat fails to understand the connection between the two.
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A lackluster unemployment report and fresh questions about President Bush&#39;s rationale for invading Iraq frame the second face-to-face encounter Friday night between Bush and Sen. John Kerry.
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Democrat John Kerry, citing a newly commissioned study, said on Thursday that rising health care expenses have cost American jobs and President Bush has done nothing to solve the problem.
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Hitting President Bush on the issues of jobs and the war in Iraq, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry is moving aggressively in the face of polls showing his candidacy lagging.    Campaigning in North Carolina, a state hurt by job losses, Kerry says he would end tax breaks for companies that outsource overseas...
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Democrat John Kerry, behind in the polls and vowing to get tough on the campaign trail, accused President Bush yesterday of operating an &#39;excuse presidency&quot; and promised to create 10 million jobs in four years of a Kerry administration.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry launched a new attack on President Bush&#39;s economic record Wednesday in a speech in Detroit.
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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.