Presidential debates: Iraq is 'the' question
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What will New Hampshire voters be listening for when 18 presidential hopefuls square off tonight and Tuesday in two CNN-sponsored presidential debates? It depends on who you ask, but on one issue, there is widespread agreement: People want to hear about Iraq.
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Bush's top two men in Iraq are finally about to deliver a verdict on progress there. Here are the questions to ask about it
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John Edwards came out of the gate and said, âYou&#39;re not being straight about Iraq.â He wanted this debate to be about Iraq.
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At least it was a wartime debate last Thursday night between President George W. Bush and John Kerry. But it didn&#39;t provide much clarity about what either candidate would do as a wartime
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Sen. John Kerry Thursday accused President Bush of committing a "colossal error in judgment" by invading Iraq. "The world is better off without Saddam Hussein," the president shot back in the first campaign debate, adding his rival once said so himself.
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President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry battled over Iraq in a fierce debate on Thursday, with an aggressive Kerry accusing
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The Iraq war was the dominant issue confronting Democratic presidential candidates Sunday night at their second televised debate of the campaign, this one in the leadoff primary state.
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Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and their responses:
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SPRING GREEN, Wis. - President Bush and rival John Kerry paused from private debate practice on Monday to accuse each other of lack of clarity on Iraq as they campaigned in "must win" states for each - the Republican incumbent in Ohio and his Democratic challenger in Wisconsin...
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A look at the positions of President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Iraq:
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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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The 2008 presidential campaign and the debate over the U.S. role in Iraq came together Tuesday as five White House hopefuls got a chance to question the Bush administration's top officials in the war effort.
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Whether the next president is a Democrat or a Republican, it looks like the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is permanent until further notice. In the Democratic presidential debate last night, none of the top three hopefuls would commit to withdrawing all U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential term in 2013 (which would be the 10th anniversary of the invasion).
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Two candidates, two very different tasks for the first presidential debate. John Kerry has to convince voters they should throw President Bush out of office for his actions in Iraq and at home, all the while looking and acting like a solid commander in chief himself. Bush, in office and in the lead, needs a no-mistakes performance that won't rock the election boat.
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As Congress prepares to debate Iraq, a disagreement between two leading Democrats resurrects some of the toughest questions facing the nation.
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Statements from the 2008 presidential candidates on President Bush's national address on the future of U.S. involvement in Iraq.
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Washington, Oct. 9 (NNN): In their second live televised debate ahead of next month&#39;s election, President George Walker Bush and his Democratic challenger, John Kerry, once again clashed over Iraq, with Bush