Rivals for Hyde's seat argue over Iraq
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Two candidates vying for retiring GOP Rep. Henry Hyde's job squared off in a radio debate Friday, with Democrat Tammy Duckworth saying the U.S. needs to focus on getting its troops out of Iraq and Republican Peter Roskam contending that she was advocating a "cut-and-run" strategy.
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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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Iraq, once thought to be a political albatross for President George W. Bush, is turning out to be more of a headache for his Democratic rival John Kerry despite the continuing turmoil and mounting US death toll.
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PHILADELPHIA - Clashing over Iraq, Sen. John Kerry said Friday that President Bush's policies made the war against terror harder to win and "let Osama bin Laden slip away." Bush chastised his Democratic rival for questioning the motives of Iraq's interim prime minister...
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Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton faced tough questions Saturday from New Hampshire voters skeptical about her stand on the Iraq war, including one who demanded that she repudiate her 2002 Senate vote to send U.S. troops into battle.
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Washington, Sept. 26 (NNN): The two frontrunners in the US presidential race have clashed over the Iraq war yet again, with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry accusing President George Walker Bush
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BRIGHTON, England  - The anguish of a British  hostage in Iraq hangs over Prime Minister Tony Blair on  Thursday as he faces the twin test of a local election and a  debate by his Labour Party about the divisive war.
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Iraq continues to take center stage this week in the campaign, with Vice President Dick Cheney charging that Democrat John Kerry would not aggressively fight the war against terror and Kerry&#39;s running mate accusing President Bush of
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Competing constituencies in Iraq have a greater stake in continuing chaos than in compromise, experts say.
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The top vote-getters in Iraq's national elections huddled Monday to bargain over posts in the next government, and Kurdish parties appeared in a pivotal position to install the first president of their ethnic minority in Iraq's history.
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Senate leaders squabbled yesterday over how to consider resolutions opposing President Bush's plan for more troops in Iraq, but the quarrel did not stop lawmakers from launching an informal debate on the chamber floor over the war.
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Our position is: Thorough debate of US policies in Iraq is needed between now and Election Day. After months of battling over a war that ended 30 years ago, the presidential candidates have finally begun to
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The candidates are debating the Iraq war, corruption in Congress, and a state scandal - but not immigration.
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A Republican lawmaker fighting for re-election said Sunday he has not turned against President Bush's Iraq policy but called for a withdrawal timetable to light a fire under the Iraqi government.
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Senior officials in the Bush administration clashed yesterday over Iraq&#39;s transition to democracy after the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, suggested that the elections in January might be limited because of the chaos in parts of the country.
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The candidates engaged in a bitter long-distance debate on Thursday about a report by the C.I.A.'s top weapons inspector that Saddam Hussein had no stockpiles of illicit weapons.
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SYDNEY -- On one side is the incumbent, a conservative career politician who steadfastly defends his decision to send troops to Iraq.