Bush and Kerry Gear Up for First Debate
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President Bush and Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday wrapped up practice sessions for their first debate with each side claiming the other faced the tougher challenge.
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The first presidential debate and its focus on foreign policy and security gives both President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry opportunities to dig into each other&#39;s record and patch their own weaknesses on Iraq.
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Miami - US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry will stare each other down on Thursday in their first presidential debate, a high-stakes political prize-fight that could decide their vicious battle for the White House.
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Their first debate less than a week away, President Bush and Democrat John Kerry kept their public schedules clear on Saturday and began to focus on their prime-time showdown.
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Sen. John Kerry hopes the lasting image of the first debate is President Bush's pique performance &#151; a flourish of fidgets, glares and grimaces. The Republican incumbent plans to turn the tables with fresh attacks.
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As the nation tuned in to Thursday night&#39;s first presidential debate at the University of Miami, President George W. Bush finally faced his challenger, US Sen. John F. Kerry.
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President George Bush and his Democratic Party challenger John Kerry are taking a break from the campaign trail while they prepare for the first nationally televised Presidential debate on Thursday.
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US President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry will hold three televised debates before the November 2 election, their campaigns said.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry drilled behind closed doors ahead of the first of three debates that could decide their hard-fought battle for the White House.
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Tired of hearing George Bush and John Kerry talk right past each other during their stump speeches? Well, get ready for the two major contenders in this year&#39;s presidential race to square off face-to-face
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TAMPA - President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry returned to the campaign trail yesterday and resumed the intense dispute over the Iraq war and homeland security that dominated the first presidential debate Thursday night.
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When President Bush and Sen. John Kerry open a series of debates on Thursday, voters will get their first chance to directly compare the White House candidates -- and Kerry will get perhaps his last chance to convince Americans he is up to the job.
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US President George W Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are preparing for a key TV debate.
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President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry square off in a crucial debate on Thursday that will give voters their first chance to size up the two White House candidates side by side.
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US President George W. Bush and his Democrat rival John Kerry clashed over the war in Iraq on Thursday in their first face-to-face debate, which has the potential to tip the race for the White House.
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The campaigns of Republican  President Bush and Democrat John Kerry announced an agreement  on Monday to hold three face-to-face debates starting on Sept.  30 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla.  - Democratic rival Sen. John  Kerry opened the first debate with President Bush on Thursday  night promising, "I can make America safer than President Bush  has made us."