McCain Endorses Bush, Defends Iraq War
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Sen. John McCain swept aside his long-running differences with President Bush on Monday and urged voters to re-elect him, offering a stout defense of Bush's decision to invade Iraq as the only way to keep that country from acquiring weapons of mass destruction.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has won the endorsement of The Detroit News, which cited the Arizona senator's fiscal conservatism and strong grasp of military and foreign affairs in giving him the nod.
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WASHINGTON - Arizona Republican John McCain is a man seemingly stuck in the middle this presidential election year: a friend and sometimes defender of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and a loyal party wingman for President Bush who is a
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LAS CRUCES, N.M.  - President Bush sought to  smooth over differences with Sen. John McCain on Thursday by  promising to take legal action to stop political ads by outside  groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's  Democratic presidential rival, John Kerry.
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Republican Sen. John McCain, a staunch defender of the Iraq war, on Tuesday faulted the Bush administration for misleading Americans into believing the conflict would be "some kind of day at the beach."
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain raised money Tuesday on rival Rudy Giuliani's turf and picked up the endorsement of the former New York mayor's longtime nemesis.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq  defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism  from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in  2008.
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NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., called advertisements run against John Kerry by pro-Republican Vietnam War veterans "dishonest and dishonorable" but said Monday it's legitimate to question the Democratic presidential candidate's anti-war efforts following his service...
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McCain said Thursday he would support the GOP nominee and not launch an independent bid, no matter who wins
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President Bush says he wants to join Republican Senator John McCain in the fight against political ads by outside groups. The announcement comes just weeks after McCain called for Bush to condemn an anti-John
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Sen. John McCain said Monday it was fair game to criticize Democrat John Kerry's anti-war protests three decades ago, firing an opening salvo as Republicans at their national convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said Republican presidential front-runner John McCain is a ``true conservative'' and vowed to help him gain the support of skeptics if he wins the nomination.
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The wife of Republican presidential hopeful John McCain argued on Friday that her husband, a decorated Vietnam War veteran and strong proponent of the Iraq war, has the best credentials to be commander in chief.
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Republican Sen. John McCain is emerging as the bipartisan scold whom neither presidential candidate can get enough of this year. Although the maverick Arizona senator hasn't been shy about taking both campaigns to task, Democrat John Kerry sounded out McCain as a possible running mate and President Bush will showcase him on the opening night of the Republican National Convention.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush said Republican presidential candidate John McCain is ``absolutely'' a ``true conservative,'' and that the Arizona senator's principles are ``sound and solid.''
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Former President Bush today endorsed Sen. John McCain's presidential bid, saying, "No one is better prepared to lead our nation at these trying times than Senator John McCain."
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WASHINGTON - President Bush in a television interview Monday defended his decision to go to war in Iraq and said he does not regret flying to an aircraft carrier on May 1, 2003, to announce an end to major combat in that country.