Battle Lines on Foreign Policy Clearly Drawn
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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Sept. 30 -- It was no surprise that Iraq dominated the first debate between President Bush and Democratic challenger John F. Kerry on Thursday night, but rarely have the differences between the two men -- and the choices for the country -- been stated so clearly and with such passion.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by most accounts has been the primary architect of IranÂs combative foreign policy.
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It is not surprising that this presidential campaign is consumed by a raging debate over the war. It is stunning that the war in question ended in Vietnam some 30 years ago.
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The Iraq war and war on terror have helped push foreign policy to the top of voters' concerns, ahead of traditional election issues like unemployment and health services, according to a poll published by the Financial Times (FT).
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Out of a political stalemate over Iraq, domestic policy is surging to prominence on Capitol Hill, with Republicans and Democrats preparing for a time-honored clash over health care, tax policy, the scope of government and its role in America's problems at home.
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The distinction between what politicians say on the campaign trail and what they really believe is well illustrated by the current Kerry-Bush skirmishing on Iraq: If either man really believes some of the things he&#39;s saying, we&#39;re in worse shape than we
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SWITCHING Condoleezza Rice to take charge of US diplomacy will allow George W.Bush to project a sharper -- and harder -- edge to foreign policy that more closely reflects his own thinking.
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OTTUMWA, Iowa  - In the snowswept American heartland, discussion of foreign policy often boils down to one word: security.
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Analysis: Despite the U.S. hard line, Tehran's diplomatic strategy is based on the world's desire for an alternative to confrontation
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John Kerry&#39;s escalating criticism of George W. Bush&#39;s policy in Iraq raises a question fundamental to democracy: How far can the opposition go in attacking the president in the midst of a war?
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The Democrats' internecine squabbling over the war is a family argument about tactics, not a showdown over principle. The left should remember that.
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Two gatherings in the nation's capital help point up the difference between theorizing about war--and fighting one.
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A Senate analysis of intelligence-gathering activities leading up to the invasion of Iraq is certain to rekindle an election-year debate on the justification of going to war.
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The foreign policy "revolution"  launched by President Bush, including his commitment to use  military force against those he sees as a threat to America, is  at stake in the Nov. 2 election.
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The political battleground in the presidential campaign has shifted from states like Ohio and Florida to Vietnam. The all-too-real battleground of three decades ago is once again playing a
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George Bush&#39;s foreign policy is simple: don&#39;t mess with America. The same, it appears, applies to economic policy as well.
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Third presidential debate lays bare clear policy contrasts.