Divisions Are Stark as House Iraq Vote Nears
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With the outcome all but certain, the House of Representatives neared the end of an emotional debate today over President Bushâs strategy in Iraq.
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One of the most divisive elections in US history is entering its home stretch, and the race is tighter than ever. As John Kerry and President George W. Bush wage war in the
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Mention of the war in Iraq clouded a House resolution marking the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and 16 lawmakers voted Thursday against the otherwise non-controversial measure.
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BAGHDAD -- As Iraq's campaign season winds into its final week, voters will have to make their choices in a fog of limited information.
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Negative assessments of the war in Iraq -- the central issue in last month's midterm election -- continue to hold down President Bush's job approval ratings and could cast an pall on the final two years of his presidency.
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US lawmakers prepare to vote on a resolution opposing President Bush's deployment of extra troops in Iraq.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives sought a vote to end speculation that the government plans a new compulsory military service as the United States struggles in Iraq.
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The debate in Washington over troop numbers is intense. But in Baghdad, there's been little sense of alarm or urgency among the Iraqi politicians who would have the most to lose if the United States decides to begin a major pull back.
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Despite optimism on the U.S. campaign trail, the choices in Baghdad are looking grim
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The United States is fighting a war in Iraq and Americans are divided over whether it&#39;s right. The war is a huge issue in the 2004 presidential election.
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Bushâs report on Iraq may have shored up his support in the Senate. But his determination to keep 130,000 U.S. troops there has left a gap for a parade of prime-time Democrats to turn Red States blue in the â08 election.
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Saddam may be on trial, and polling day round the corner, but there is no end to the violence caution, compromise and a good deal of fear dog Iraqâs faltering steps toward what its American occupiers hope will become democracy after Iraqis vote six
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The White House played down a House of Representatives vote on Iraq that is expected to yield US lawmakers' first major repudiation of the increasingly unpopular war.
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Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority face a conundrum that has divided them as elections approach for a 275-member National Assembly.
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The extended train wreck that has been American-dominated Iraq is winding its way toward a decisive intersection: the national elections scheduled for Jan. 30, 2005, where voters will be asked
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Even before they cast symbolic votes against the Iraq war, newly empowered congressional Democrats are clamoring for a chance to limit and eventually end U.S. involvement in a conflict that has killed more than 3,000 troops.
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Iraqi leaders are no less divided than America's when it comes to the way forward in Iraq, with sharp disagreements emerging on key issues &#151; especially the idea of "surging" or increasing U.S. troops in Baghdad in the short term.