McCain fears 'Tet Offensive' in Iraq
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Monday he fears an offensive by Iraqi insurgents similar to the Tet offensive by the Viet Cong that sent U.S. casualties soaring in Vietnam nearly 40 years ago.
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a supporter of President Bush and a friend of Sen. John Kerry, chastised the two candidates Friday for their superheated campaign rhetoric on Iraq and the war on terror.
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WASHINGTON Senator John McCain declined on Sunday to endorse the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and questioned whether the planned increase in US forces in Iraq would provide enough security for the country&#39;s elections on Jan. 30.
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Republican presidential front-runner John McCain attacked rival Mitt Romney on the sensitive issue of Iraq Saturday, as polls showed the two tightly matched.
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In Iowa, Senator John McCain made clear that he might see an advantage in presenting himself to the first Republican voters in the presidential nominating process as an unapologetic advocate for the war in Iraq.
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As Americans wonder when the troops will come home from Iraq, Republican White House hopeful John McCain is laying his first big bet of the 2008 campaign: demanding more soldiers for the war.
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Republican John McCain argued on Thursday that presidential rivals Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney lack the foreign policy experience to make the inevitable tough decisions of a wartime commander in chief.
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In a fiery preview of a possible 2008 election match-up, US Senators Barack Obama and John McCain traded political potshots over Iraq Friday, and Hillary Clinton also faced a Republican barrage.
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Republican John McCain plans to run a general election campaign as steadfast protector of the United States in the face of terrorism as well as a crusader against big government. The Democrats, he says, offer neither.
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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has been a firm supporter of the Iraq war and of President Bush's plan to send an additional 21,500 troops to Baghdad in the coming months. In comments at yesterday's confirmation hearing for Gen. George W. Casey Jr. to be the Army chief of staff, however, he expressed...
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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."
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Republican John McCain tried to lump Mitt Romney with Democrats who want a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Saturday that voters are frustrated with the war in Iraq because of the Bush administration's unrealistic projections early in the conflict.
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Bloomberg - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator John McCain subjected General George Casey to harsh criticism at the start of a hearing today on Casey's nomination to be Army chief of staff, saying Casey presided over a deteriorating situation as commander of U.S. forces in Iraq and didn't change strategy to halt the decline.
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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain criticized Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday, calling his government a disappointment.
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Republican presidential candidate John McCain, a second-place finisher in Michigan, told The Associated Press Tuesday he'll prevail in the next GOP contest.
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Sen. John McCain took his controversial proposal for curbing Iraq's sectarian violence to Baghdad on Thursday, calling for an additional 15,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops and joining a congressional delegation in telling Iraq's prime minister he must break his close ties with a radical Shiite cleric.