Webb, Bush have terse exchange over Iraq
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Democratic Sen.-elect Jim Webb avoided the receiving line during a recent White House reception for new members of Congress and had a chilly exchange with President Bush over the Iraq war and his Marine son.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry meet Friday in a debate rematch as a new poll shows a shift toward the Democratic challenger and amid more troubling news on Iraq.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sparred on the economy and the Iraq war and waged a war of words over the incumbent's national guard stint to avoid the Vietnam War.
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President Bush glossed over some complicating realities in Iraq, Afghanistan and the home front in arguing the case Americans are safer and his opponent cannot deliver.
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ST. LOUIS  - President Bush and Democratic  challenger John Kerry argued about Iraq, jobs and taxes in  their second debate on Friday, with Kerry questioning Bush's  judgment and the president accusing Kerry of crumbling under  political pressure.
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President Bush drew sporadic, startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.
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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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President Bush accused Democrat John Kerry of new contradictions and ridiculed his call for a summit on Iraq on Friday as he sought to rebound from a debate that many Americans thought Kerry won.
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After a shaky debate performance and new controversy over the war in Iraq, President Bush is stepping up his criticism of Sen. John Kerry on national security and the economy.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 7  - President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival for the White House, John Kerry, clashed Tuesday over the Iraq war and the US economy as a new poll showed Kerry falling behind in public ratings.
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President George W. Bush and challenger John Kerry sparred over the Iraq war and terrorism as their heated race for the White House headed toward an increasingly tight and bitter finish.
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Democrats and President George W. Bush's Republicans grilled the top U.S. commander in Iraq on Tuesday, questioning whether security gains were significant enough to keep U.S. troops in the war zone.
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President Bush and Democratic  challenger Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations on national  security, taxes and jobs on Tuesday, with Kerry questioning  Bush's credibility and fitness to be commander in chief.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry traded sharp accusations over Iraq and the war on  terror on Monday, with Bush condemning Kerry's "strategy of  retreat" and Kerry saying the administration's Iraq policy had  been "hijacked by ideologues."
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The question of who is best qualified to lead the US war on terror and douse the flames of insurgency in Iraq has taken over the presidential debate between George W. Bush and John Kerry.
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President Bush scoffed on Saturday at Democrat John Kerry&#39;s claim he has had only one position on Iraq and would not raise taxes on middle-class Americans as Bush sought
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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