Soldier-turned-writer battles for Senate upset
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ARLINGTON, Virginia  - In the movie "Rules of   Engagement," written by James Webb, a wounded Vietnam   veteran-turned-lawyer beats seemingly hopeless odds to win a   case defending a comrade in arms.
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A Westerner with a tough skin and quiet savvy will take on Bush in the Senate. What fights will he pick?
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The soldier who made headlines Thursday by challenging Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the lack of armor for military vehicles prepared his question with the help of an embedded reporter, according to an e-mail the reporter sent to his colleagues
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A leading Senate Republican on defense issues, Sen. John Warner, will call on President Bush to solicit privately the opinions of Democrats before forging a new strategy on Iraq.
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The political life of the top Senate Democrat is on the line in the Nov. 2 congressional elections while the reputation and clout of a key House Republican known as &quot;The Hammer&quot; is also at stake.
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Some South Dakota veterans say they want Republican US Senate candidate John Thune to call on his state party chairman to resign, claiming the language in a letter criticizing Sen. Tom
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By Rex Springston, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 5--When W. Shelton Miles dropped a bomb on the state Senate subcommittee, you could almost see the blood drain from one lawmaker's face.  "This is extraordinarily unusual," said Sen. John Watkins, R-Powhatan.
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Ian Williams wrote the just-released &quot;Deserter: George Bush&#39;s War on Military Families, Veterans and His Past&quot; for Nation Books, the publishing arm of the venerable Nation Magazine.
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The hotly contested race to fill Florida's open U.S. Senate seat has been dominated by someone who is not running, an imprisoned former professor awaiting trial on charges of raising funds for Palestinian suicide bombers.
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WASHINGTON -- Few electoral races have wandered so far into sitcom territory as the Senate contest in Virginia. In recent weeks the battle between Republican incumbent George Allen and Democratic challenger James Webb has heated up considerably while the men go toe-to-toe -- or slur-to-slur,...
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Republican senators in tough re-election contests expressed a range of reactions Tuesday to Gen. David H. PetraeusÃ¢ÂÂ report to Congress.
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William Kristol, one of the nationâs leading conservative writers and a vigorous supporter of the Iraq war, will become an Op-Ed page columnist.
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The top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, faced a tough challenge on Tuesday from both Republicans skeptical about war strategy and Democrats who want a swifter withdrawal of American troops
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With the economy dominating voters' minds and playing to Mitt Romney's strengths, the maverick Senator may be trying too hard to shift the debate back to Iraq
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Among the 45 senators from two committees who questioned Gen. David H. Petraeus on Capitol Hill, five are running for president.
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After months of heated rhetoric slamming President Bush's Iraq policy, the Senate's top Democrat moved into new terrain by declaring the Iraq war a worse blunder than Vietnam.
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Five senators vying to become commander in chief were left to rail, posture and question the top U.S. general in Iraq about the war Tuesday &#151; all they can do unless they get their wish, win the election next year and inherit the quagmire.