Obama embraces tearful veteran
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An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.
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David Fondren held back tears as he described the Thanksgiving Day attack in Iraq that left his son, Jay, a double amputee.
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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan gridlock in Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics as the first black U.S. president.
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The medal ceremony had ended. Van Chancellor had already shed a few tears, but he had held his emotions together through all the hugs and dancing, even through the victory
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If a dog is man's best friend, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran showed the feeling is mutual by saving his drowning pet with mouth-to-snout resuscitation and CPR.
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Mitt Romney's eyes filled with tears Monday as the Republican presidential contender recalled watching the casket of a soldier killed in Iraq return to the United States and imagined if it were one of his five sons.
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Democratic presidential  hopeful Barack Obama, citing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln,  pledged on Saturday to bridge the partisan divide in  Washington, end the war in Iraq and transform American politics  as the first black U.S. president.
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Saying Barack Obama embodies  political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years  ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band  reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the  presidential candidate.
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The wife of a soldier killed in an ambush in Iraq says he was a hero to everyone who knew him.
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Democrat Barack Obama evokes Abraham Lincoln and vows to unite a divided nation. Joe Klein blogs from Iowa
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Relatives of two soldiers who disappeared in Iraq during an insurgent attack comforted each other Thursday after the military confirmed two brutalized bodies found this week were the missing men.
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Nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina submerged Xavier University's campus under eight feet of water, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on Saturday joined the school in celebrating one of its largest graduating classes.
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Saying Barack Obama embodies political hope absent since Robert Kennedy was slain 40 years ago, three surviving members of the Grateful Dead rock band reunited on Monday for the first time in four years to back the presidential candidate.
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Friends of Royal Welsh Corporal Paul Joszko, pay tribute to a "character" who loved his Army career.
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African-Americans voiced pride and amazement over Barack Obamaâs victory in Iowa, with some seeing the result as a signal moment in race relations.
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So, Thursday was Veterans Day, and Americans across the country used the day off to honor those who have served to protect our freedoms.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry complimented each other's families during Thursday's debate &#151; a point punctuated by a warm embrace at the end of the forum.