Bush, foes seek political gains from foiled plot
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US President George W. Bush and his Democratic foes battled over an alleged London airline bomb plot, each side seeking a political edge ahead of critical November legislative elections.
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The politics of terrorism has Democrats tied in knots. Each time President Bush raises fears of a possible attack, the political debate shifts from his most troublesome issue (Iraq) to one of his strongest (the war on terrorism) while Democrats fight their impulse to question the president's motives.
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How President Bush hopes to use Paul Wolfowitz to undermine a terror network.
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A former Bush campaign official has been charged with plotting to jam the phone networks of political opponents during the November 2002 election.
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PUEBLO, COLO. -- Democrat John Kerry sought to undercut US President George W. Bush on national security yesterday, saying he is trying to scare voters with talk of terrorism.
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While the political world braces for the White House to spring an October surprise that turns the fight for Congress to Republican advantage, the Democrats have been stumbling their way into a series of pre-emptive strikes that keep their chances in play by returning the spotlight to George W. BushÃ¢ÂÂs failings as a warrior against terrorism.
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President Bush and GOP lawmakers will have to settle for less than a full loaf of the anti-terror measures they had hoped to enact before the Nov. 7 elections, putting off legislation that would endorse the president's wiretapping program.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush and Democrat  John Kerry battled over who can best make the United States  safer on Sunday, the Bush camp accusing Kerry of wanting to  treat terrorists like gamblers and the Kerry side saying his  Republican opponent was soft on homeland security.
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Extremists' rise can be traced in part to Bush policy, analysts say.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush appealed to the bickering presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan yesterday to put aside their differences and ``strategize together" over dinner on ways to prevail in defeating the common enemy of terrorism.
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President George W. Bush's campaign  strategy of painting Democrats as soft on terrorism has been  stalled by a congressional sex scandal, jeopardizing Republican  hopes of holding the House of Representatives, analysts say.
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President Bush, facing a growing Republican revolt against his Iraq policy, has rejected calls to change course but will launch a campaign emphasizing his intent to draw down U.S. forces next year and move toward a more limited mission if security conditions improve, senior officials said yesterday.
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Bush finds a way to win, or at least a way not to lose, a crucial showdown on Iraq.
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President Bush dispatched the vice president and top aides to the Capitol on Tuesday to try to break an election-season deadlock with Republicans over the surveillance and prosecution of terrorism suspects.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry reached for todayâs finish line in a campaign for the ages, each claiming to be the strong, steady leader needed in a time of terrorism.
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A growing clamor among rank-and-file Democrats to halt President Bush's most controversial tactics in the fight against terrorism has exposed deep divisions within the party, with many Democrats angry that they cannot defeat even a weakened president on issues that they believe should be front and...
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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.