Rumsfeld comments on Iraq spell trouble for Bush campaign
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's undiplomatic bursts of candor are making him the loose cog in a well oiled Republican campaign machine to re-elect President George W. Bush.
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US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage clashed publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday over whether Iraq&#39;s upcoming elections should cover the
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US President George W. Bush accused Senator John Kerry of being dangerously fickle on Iraq, as the Democrat countered in their second debate that Bush had become a &quot;weapon of mass deception&quot; on the war.
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President George W. Bush's Iraq war policy continued to hemorrhage support in the U.S. Senate as another senior Republican called on Thursday for a new strategy that would start to bring troops home.
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President Bush pressed hard Thursday to undermine Democrat John Kerry as a prospective commander in chief, accusing the Massachusetts senator of waffling on Iraq and sending dangerously misleading signals to friend and foe alike.
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Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was openly criticized by US troops who complained about their safety in Iraq and expressed their criticism about the departmentâs policy that requires them to stay in the military when their term ends.
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Senior coalition partners US President George W. Bush, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair found themselves facing harsh criticism this past weekend over their handling of the situation in Iraq.
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Defending himself against allegations that he was uncaring about the suffering of soldiers in Iraq, Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld made an unusual personal statement Wednesday about his concern for endangered troops.
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US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry traded barbs over Iraq on Monday, with Bush ridiculing Kerry for shifting positions on Iraq and Kerry accusing Bush of not telling the truth to the public.
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Statements by two top US policymakers contradicting administration dogma on Iraq provided new fuel to relentless Democratic criticism of President George W. Bush that have jolted his re-election bid.
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Iraq takes centre-stage in the US election campaign as John Kerry and George W Bush trade insults.
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A House Democratic candidate accused Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld of lying about the progress in Iraq, a day after the Pentagon chief lashed out at critics of the Bush administration.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry seized yesterday on new criticism of Iraq policy by the former US administrator there, to bolster his case that President Bush has mismanaged the war.
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The campaign's focus on Iraq holds risks and rewards for President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry and it could leave both at the mercy of unpredictable events as Iraq becomes more unstable.
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The United States faces a painful moment probably next month when its military deaths in Iraq are expected to surpass 1,000. It will also be a crucial moment for President Bush, who faces a presidential campaign in which Iraq is a central issue.
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US President George W. Bush has slammed rival John Kerry for questioning Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's upbeat forecasts for his country.
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US Democratic candidate John Kerry on Tuesday accused President George W. Bush of not being straightforward with the American people with the reality of the Iraq war, saying the president was hiding bad decisions.