AP ANALYSIS: Bush-Anbar is a success
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And he highlighted his hope that progress at the local level &#151; most notably here in Anbar province where the insurgency once held sway &#151; can provide the spark for political reconciliation at the national level.
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Many of our political savants and pundits took one in the teeth last night. I couldn't be happier about last night's surprising results, and not because I favor one candidate or another. I'm just glad the so-called experts in the national media were wrong about their premature assumptions that the Democratic and Republican nominations for president were a done deal.
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President Bush combined his reputation for strong leadership in a time of war with a campaign about traditional values to win re-election despite voters' doubts about his job performance and policies.
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A U.S. Congressional report on Tuesday said "violence remains high" in Iraq, with little political progress and mixed results on security a day after President George W. Bush visited Anbar province and struck an upbeat tone.
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For the first time since the presidential contest became a two-man race this spring, it seems to have a clear leader: President Bush.
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US President George W. Bush's Florida victory, which helped secure his re-election, dealt a number of surprises, not least of which was the fact voting went smoothly across the state that held up the 2000 presidential results for five weeks.
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US President George W. Bush has made no secret of his formula for re-election: turn the focus of the campaign toward terrorism and paint his rival as unfit for command. Polls now show how well it is working.
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For friends and enemies abroad who have been wondering who&#39;s really in charge of US foreign policy, the answer is now unmistakable: A victorious and newly confident George W. Bush is running the show.
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President Bush has built relationships over the last four years with a range of religious leaders. The payoff came on Election Day.
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WASHINGTON - Offering a simple, "Thank you America," Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi declared Thursday that his country is succeeding in its effort to move past the war that ousted Saddam Hussein.    In an appearance that President Bush's advisers hoped would ease American voters' doubts about the troubled campaign in Iraq, Allawi told a joint meeting of Congress that despite struggles and setbacks, "the values of liberty and democracy" are taking hold there...
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President Bush will begin his second term with an advantage he did not bring to his first: a mandate. Unlike in 2000, Bush won a popular-vote victory - a convincing one, unencumbered by judicial involvement.
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RENO, Nev., Aug. 28 -- A year ago, President Bush came before the American Legion convention and assured his audience of veterans that the early results of a plan to strengthen security in Baghdad were "encouraging." Within a few months, U.S. officials were acknowledging that the plan had collapsed...
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There really is no choice on Nov. 2. President Bush has a record of achievement and accomplishment. He inherited an economy in recession, further hit by a high-tech burst and 9/11, and turned it around.
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Both parties appeared to be maneuvering to gain political advantage from a relatively peaceful vote in Iraq.
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A guide to the new Bush budget's winners and losers
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For friends and enemies abroad who have been wondering who&#39;s really in charge of US foreign policy, the answer is now unmistakable: A victorious and newly confident President George W. Bush is running the show.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard said the re-election of close ally US President George W. Bush was a victory for the fight against terrorism.