McCain criticizes Putin for leading "puppet show"
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U.S. Republican presidential  candidate John McCain accused President Vladimir Putin of  preparing to lead a puppet government in Russia in a blistering  critique on Friday.
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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 at their national convention sought to portray President Bush as a strong wartime leader...
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Sen. John McCain on Tuesday touted his experience in Congress dealing with national security issues compared to the experience of two of his major rivals for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Republican presidential  contender Mitt Romney sharply criticized John McCain on Friday,  accusing the self-styled straight-talking Arizona senator of  arrogantly exaggerating his knowledge of the U.S. economy.
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VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, was accused yesterday of exploiting the fight against terrorism to strengthen his already iron grip on power.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Tuesday argued against rival Mitt Romney's managerial experience, saying America needs leaders like himself instead.
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President Vladimir Putin condemned critics in the West for pushing him to negotiate with Chechen separatists, saying former Cold War rivals were unreliable partners in the war on terrorism.
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November 15, 2004 -- WASHINGTON - Arizona Sen. John McCain yesterday slammed the CIA as a quasi &quot;rogue agency&quot; that bungled prewar intelligence and is in desperate need of the high-level purging believed to be under way.
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday carped at U.S. criticism of Russia's elections and internal changes and said the U.S. voting system had its flaws.
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Republican John McCain contrasts images of Woodstock and his years as a Vietnam prisoner of war in a new television ad that pokes fun at Democratic rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain slammed former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for mismanagement of the war on terror in a campaign speech in South Carolina
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Republican John McCain challenged the notion he is struggling to rally conservative critics as he picked up the endorsement Monday of evangelical leader Gary Bauer.
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US Senator John McCain, a leading member of the Republican Party, said he prefers not to be a part of President George W. Bush's new administration, though he helped Bush campaign for re-election.
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John McCain's presidential campaign has been likened to a pirate ship: A feisty captain, rhetorical saber in hand, leading a fiercely loyal crew against his Republican primary opponents.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain took one look at a nursing school's training mannequin and asked if the dummy's name was Hillary.
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MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin used a year-end news conference yesterday to sharply criticize a wide range of US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, Yukos Oil Co., and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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John McCain accused Mitt Romney of wanting to withdraw troops from Iraq, drawing immediate protest from his Republican presidential rival who said: "That's simply wrong and it's dishonest, and he should apologize."