McCain Overstates His Criticisms Of Rumsfeld
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As he gets closer to the Republican nomination, Sen. John McCain has been trying to balance his unqualified support for the Iraq war by reminding audiences that he was also a tough critic of how it was managed until President Bush finally changed strategies a year ago. In recent weeks, McCain has...
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. John McCain suggested yesterday that the Air Force&#39;s most senior leadership systematically misled Congress and punished critics who raised questions about a $23 billion deal to buy and lease aerial refueling tankers from The Boeing Co.
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The Defense secretary is drawing fire from increasingly vocal critics, including some senior Republicans and top military officers.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Saturday that voters are frustrated with the war in Iraq because of the Bush administration's unrealistic projections early in the conflict.
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Republican John McCain tried to lump Mitt Romney with Democrats who want a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Monday he fears an offensive by Iraqi insurgents similar to the Tet offensive by the Viet Cong that sent U.S. casualties soaring in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago.
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John McCain accused Mitt Romney of wanting to set a timetable to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, drawing immediate protest from his Republican presidential rival who said: "That's simply wrong and it's dishonest, and he should apologize."
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Not so fast, Sen. McCain. John McCain's campaign issued a statement last week claiming the Arizona senator had surpassed the number of delegates needed to secure the GOP nomination for president, after Mitt Romney endorsed him.
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Sen. John McCain sought to weaken support for a resolution opposing President Bush's Iraq war strategy Sunday, saying proponents are intellectually dishonest.
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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait  - Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld on Wednesday faced open criticism from his own U.S.  troops, who complained about inadequate armor for Iraq and  questioned a policy that stops them from leaving the military  when their voluntary term ends.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain has a message for critics of the immigration compromise he helped devise.
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Senator John McCain, a  Republican contender for the White House in 2008, chastised  Europe on Saturday for failing to supply the troops and money  to win in Afghanistan and said NATO's future was at stake.
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Presidential contender John McCain said Saturday there aren't any good options if the buildup of U.S. troops doesn't stabilize Iraq.
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PENSACOLA, Florida  - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney sharply criticized John McCain on Friday, accusing the self-styled straight-talking Arizona senator of arrogantly exaggerating his knowledge of the U.S. economy.
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Republican John McCain says he opposed President Bush's tax cuts because they didn't come with spending cuts. That is not what he said at the time.
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Republican John McCain argued on Thursday that presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney lack the foreign policy experience to make the inevitable tough decisions of a wartime commander in chief.
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Republican John McCain says talking tough or overseeing a business doesn't always translate into the credentials necessary to be a wartime commander in chief, a clear swipe at his chief presidential rivals.