For Bush, Kerry, Iraq Is More Than a War
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are using Iraq to advance their negative campaign tactics as the U.S. military death toll in Iraq tops 1,000. War, it seems, is just another excuse to call the other guy names.
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WASHINGTON - There are two presidential races going on: One here, one in Iraq. George Bush has to convince voters he isn&#39;t losing the second to be sure of winning the first.
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Both presidential candidates would like the Vietnam issue to go away, but the war in Iraq is a constant reminder of its Southeast Asian predecessor.
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Two days of hard politicking on Iraq have left the US presidential candidates locked into opposing visions: George W. Bush sees a country marching towards democracy, John Kerry sees one descending into chaos.
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Iraq, the issue most likely to ignite fire in Thursday's debate, has become the chief symbol of differences between presidential candidates George W. Bush and John F. Kerry.
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Presidential hopefuls show their antiwar stripes, but differ on how to extricate the US from Iraq.
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As the presidential election draws near, an important consideration for voters should be who would best manage the transition of the liberated country of Iraq into a democracy, the incumbent, President George Bush, or the challenger, Sen. John F. Kerry.
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CLEVELAND Senator John Kerry and President George W. Bush clashed repeatedly over Iraq, with Kerry branding it &quot;the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time&quot; and saying he wanted all American troops home within four years, while Bush defended the
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Besides President Bush, few U.S. politicians have as much at stake in the next steps in Iraq as the ever growing list of potential 2008 presidential candidates.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are offering U.S. voters and the world two starkly different views on Iraq. The incumbent tells skeptical foreign leaders the war is part of a global fight on terror and "there is no safety in looking away." The challenger wants allies to help find a way out.
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John Kerry has said US President George W. Bush bears responsibility for a misguided war in Iraq, lost jobs at home and a rising number of Americans without health care.
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The war over the war is almost over. Courtesy of the large turnout in Iraq's election a week ago, the United States and key European allies are beginning to make up after two years of bitterly strained ...
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In less than a week, Iraq could be John Kerry&#39;s war. If the Democrats win on Nov. 2, the president-elect must immediately focus on what a US military withdrawal from Iraq would mean for the Middle East and for the United States.
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The campaign's focus on Iraq holds  risks and rewards for President Bush and Democratic rival John  Kerry and it could leave both at the mercy of unpredictable  events as Iraq becomes more unstable.
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The Iraq war that might have been President Bush's defining glory may instead turn out to be his Achilles heel -- or Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry's complex inheritance.
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When Kerry talks about the US situation in Iraq now, his major difference with Bush is that he maintains he would do better at winning the support and participation of the international community.
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Iknow, there&#39;s only one issue that matters in this presidential contest, the war in Iraq. But just in case some voters are willing to look at a domestic issue offering a crystal clear difference between President Bush and Sen.