War front-and-center ahead of debates
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What will New Hampshire voters be looking to hear from the 18 presidential hopefuls next week, when they square off in the first 2008 debates? It depends on who you ask, but there is widespread agreement that people most certainly want to hear the candidates articulate their exit strategy for Iraq.
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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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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - After a deluge of campaign speeches and hostile television ads, President Bush and challenger John Kerry will get their chance to face each other directly Thursday night before an audience of tens of millions of voters in a high-stakes debate about terrorism, the Iraq war and the bloody aftermath...
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Presidential candidates from both parties are packing in events in New Hampshire ahead of Saturdayâs back-to-back debates.
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The first presidential debate and its focus on foreign policy and security gives both President George W Bush and Senator John Kerry opportunities to dig into each other&#39;s record and patch their own weaknesses on Iraq.
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Wide public discontent over the war in Iraq helped sweep Democrats to the control of Congress last year. But Iraq is becoming less of an issue for both parties, either on the campaign trail or in the nation's capital, ahead of the fast-approaching presidential primaries.
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Candidates are sparring over anti-graft moves ahead of Thursday's presidential and parliamentary vote.
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President Bush and John F. Kerry clashed over the Iraq war Thursday night in an intense and substantive first debate, in which the Democratic
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.
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With the US presidential election just a few weeks away, much political discussion centers on questions of national security and economic affairs.
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Both sides hardened their rhetoric today on a central issue, Iraq, and exchanged sharp attacks on the domestic questions.
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Description: With the first presidential debate looming, NPR&#39;s Mara Liasson delves into the politics, theater and history of past presidential showdowns.
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The Iraq war debate in Congress is expected to heat up this week as the Senate takes up a major defense spending bill and the Pentagon rushes to finish a report on the war's progress.
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Two days after scoring points in his debate with President George W. Bush, Democrat John Kerry was under major Republican assault for his defense policies, but balking at mounting a counter-attack.
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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are set to face off for their third and final debate Wednesday, when the candidates turn from foreign policy to domestic issues.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Arguing over who can best lead the nation in war, Sen...
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WASHINGTON As the presidential candidates prepare to devote their first debate, on Thursday, to foreign policy, it is an axiom of their campaigns that these men could not offer a starker choice on America&#39;s role in the world.