White House, Democrats Battle Over Bush Service
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Democrat John Kerry rejected  President Bush's claims of compassion on Thursday and said he  had "walked right by" Americans in need, while the White House  called questions about Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard  service a sign of Democratic desperation.
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President Bush met with wounded soldiers and military commanders Saturday before heading for the White House and a renewed fight with the Democratic-run Congress over future U.S. involvement in Iraq.
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The Democratic-led U.S. Congress on  Thursday challenged President George W. Bush on children's  health care and lost, setting the stage for an emotionally  charged confrontation with Republicans in the 2008 elections.
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Mounting demands from lawmakers for a new Iraq policy are battering President George W. Bush, but the White House insists the rising political heat will not force a quick about-face on troop withdrawals.
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The White House appealed Tuesday for more patience on the war in Iraq as Democrats warned that time was running out and a prominent Republican declared that President Bush's strategy was not working.
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The top two Democrats in the  Congress vowed on Wednesday to work with President Bush, but  also slammed him on key issues like Iraq and his bid to revamp  the Social Security retirement program.
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Democrats accused the White House of putting politics ahead of national security by involving national security adviser Condoleezza Rice in the US presidential campaign.
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President Bush has won very few Democratic converts in Congress for his plan to use payroll taxes for voluntary personal accounts under Social Security, party leaders said Tuesday, accusing the White House of using the issue to distract attention from more pressing national problems.
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Democrats criticized President Bush's record on national security and military matters Monday, hoping to steal even a sliver of the political spotlight on the first day of the Republican National Convention.
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Republican President George W. Bush and his Democratic opponent, John Kerry, are charging into the final week of the US campaign for the White House trading increasingly tough charges on the continuing conflict in Iraq.
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The Bush administration is split over the idea of a surge in troops to Iraq, with White House officials aggressively promoting the concept over the unanimous disagreement of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to U.S. officials familiar with the intense debate.
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President Bush is confronting a deep split within his own party over how to proceed on his plan for privatizing Social Security.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 7  - President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival for the White House, John Kerry, clashed Tuesday over the Iraq war and the US economy as a new poll showed Kerry falling behind in public ratings.
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President Bush this month is giving an obscure White House office new powers over regulations affecting health, worker safety and the environment. Calling it a power grab, Democrats running Congress are intent on stopping him.
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After weeks of Republicans questioning Sen. John Kerry's military service and fitness to be commander in chief, Democrats are employing the same tactics against President Bush.
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President Bush, ratcheting up a fight with Congress over Iraq, accused Democrats on Friday of conducting a political debate on the war while delaying action on money to upgrade equipment and give troops a pay raise.
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Democrats renewed their criticism of the war in Iraq, while the White House accused them of distorting this weekâs testimony on the results of the troop buildup.