Anti-war Hagel wavers on 2008 race
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Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator and fierce Iraq war critic, confounded rampant media speculation on Monday and put off a decision on whether to run for president in 2008.
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EAST HAMPTON, N.Y.  - Democratic presidential  candidate John Kerry has accused his Republican critics of  having launched their offensive against his Vietnam war record  in a bid to sabotage what he called growing voter support for  his strategy to fight the war on terror.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel, one of the more forceful Republican voices in opposition to the Iraq war, on Monday put off a decision about a possible presidential bid, saying he wanted to focus on the conflict and other pressing national issues.
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Democrat John Kerry has mounted a furious counter-attack against George W. Bush on national security, seeking to regain momentum in their heated presidential race two weeks before polling day.
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U.S. News & World Report - Throughout the presidential campaign, the Republicans have shown remarkable discipline in their public messages--but the deteriorating situation in Iraq is testing some of that unity. The strain was evident at a Senate hearing last week where Nebraska Republican Chuck Hagel unloaded on the Bush administration's sluggish reconstruction efforts in Iraq. &quot;It's beyond pitiful; it's beyond embarrassing. It is now in the zone of dangerous,&quot; he thundered. ...
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The Democratic presidential front-runners came under attack from a rival on Sunday for showing insufficient leadership on ending the war in Iraq in a debate in which the main target was President George W. Bush.
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Top Republican presidential hopefuls staked out hawkish ground in a debate Wednesday as they defended US strategy in Iraq and clashed with the lone anti-war candidate who denounced the invasion of Iraq as &quot;illegal.&quot;
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Two-term Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel revealed Monday morning that he will not make a decision about whether to seek the 2008 Republican presidential nomination until later this year.
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Senator Chuck Hagel confirmed that the mayor approached him about the No. 2 spot in an independent bid for the White House, but the senator said the success of the McCain campaign was closing the window of opportunity.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, one of the most vocal Republican critics of the Bush administration's Iraq policy, announced his retirement yesterday -- bringing to three the number of GOP incumbents set to leave the Senate in 2008.
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Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a harsh critic of the Iraq war, plans to retire and will not seek the Republican presidential nomination next year, a source said on Saturday.
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Outspoken war critic Sen. Chuck Hagel, a possible Republican presidential contender, will announce his "future plans" Monday in his home state of Nebraska, aides said.
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The Iraq war took center  stage in the Republican race for the White House on Saturday as  front-runner John McCain accused rival Mitt Romney of backing a  timetable to pull U.S. troops out -- a charge Romney angrily  denied.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The presidential candidates found new ways to go negative Saturday, President Bush accusing his Democratic challenger of putting politics ahead of the war on terror and Sen...
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WASHINGTON - On the eve of a foreign policy debate with President Bush, Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said in an interview that his explanation of why he voted for additional funding for the war in Iraq before voting against it was &quot;one of
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NEW YORK - 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 sought to use their national convention to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader...
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Will pro-war stances hurt the GOP hopefuls for '08?