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In Pivot McCain Camp Attacks Obama On Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.21.2008 | Politics

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On Sunday, aides to John McCain attacked Barack Obama on an area that the Illinois Democrat considers a foreign policy strength: the willingness to re...

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The Week That Should Have Ended McCain's Presidential Hopes

Max Bergmann | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Any one of the embarrassing incidents and comments this week would dominate the news cycle if they came from the Obama campaign. Yet McCain barely gets a mention.

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Contradicting McCain, Another Iraqi Official Calls for Timetable For Withdrawal

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Yet another Iraqi official is specifying the need for deadlines for U.S. troops to leave their country, casting doubt on John McCain's claim that the ...

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McCain Spokesman: U.S. Should Leave If Iraq Wants Us Out

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

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Aides to Sen. John McCain sought on Wednesday to clear up their boss' position on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's recent insistence that a timet...

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Dems Find Potential Tie Between McCain And Third Party Pro-War Group

Politico | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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Democrats say a group supporting Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) bought television ad time in Virginia that had been released by his campaign the same day,...

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Hey Bush and McCain: Is al-Maliki a Defeato-Shiite?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

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If nothing else, al-Maliki's remarks should serve as a wake-up call to Americans, especially during a presidential election year.

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Surge Amnesia: The Media's Newest Affliction

Arianna Huffington | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Buoyed by a reduction in violence in Iraq, John McCain is running a "the surge has worked" victory lap and war supporters like Condi "I'm Proud to Have Overthrown Saddam" Rice are beating their chests.

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McCain Campaign: Obama's Iraq Speech Suggests He's Taking Our Side

CNN | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain's campaign said Sunday that Barack Obama's remarks on Iraq "have left a significant question as to exactly what he intends." Sen. Joh...

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Ignoring the 'Rocks in Glass Houses' Rule, Lieberman Calls Obama a Flip-Flopper on This Week

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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How apathetic does McCain think the voters are that his campaign can get away with accusing Obama of the very thing that has been McCain's biggest weakness?

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I'm Just Sayin': Beware McCain's "Peace with Honor"

Phil Trounstine | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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As the general election unfolds, McCain's strategic message will be to argue that both he and Obama will end the war in Iraq, but under McCain, American will remain proud and honorable.

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Pro-War Vet Group Helps McCain With Battleground State Ads

Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

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The pro-war veterans group Vets For Freedom is airing ads in battleground states in support of the war, the Washington Post reports: Sen. John McCa...

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The Surge Is Working? Not If You Read the Latest GAO Report

Mitchell Bard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

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What the GAO report makes clear, above all else, is that contrary to what the mainstream media and the GOP would have you believe, the surge has not worked. It's time for the U.S. military to go home.

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Running On Iraq: The Ignored Humanitarian Crises

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home

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The lack of attention paid to the humanitarian crisis in Iraq by Pres. Bush and by the candidates for his job affects people there by sending a message to decision-makers here: Their lives are not a priority.

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Are We Not Allowed to Talk About McCain's Iraq Position?

David Sirota | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Somehow, mentioning McCain's statement that he's OK with America being in Iraq for 10,000 years is billed as unfair by the media, and laughed at by Republican strategists.

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War Was Out of Sight, Out of Mind at McCain Town Hall

Dave Tiffany | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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With 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq facing mortal danger daily and dealing with the toll of repeated tours, you'd think that the war might warrant at least one question at John McCain's Town Hall.

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McCain's Confusion Has Nothing to do With His Age

Steve Benen | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Whether he's 72 or 22 is irrelevant -- when it comes to the basics in Iraq, the list of McCain's incoherent insights is long and getting longer.

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Obama, McCain To Meet With Iraqi Foreign Minister

ABC's Political Radar | Kirit Radia | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

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Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain are expected to meet individually with Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari in the coming days, s...

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McCain In 2005: I "Totally" Support Bush On The "Transcendent Issues" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

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It has been observed that one of Sen. John McCain's most foreboding obstacles in seeking the White House will likely be the lengthy paper trail that c...

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Even Bigger than The Hype: Obama's Candidacy as World-Historical

Shahid Buttar | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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But even though racial inequities persist, there is no doubt that the first black President will be a milestone, a watershed seemingly unthinkable before Obama's meteoric candidacy.

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Dueling Campaigns: Iraq Is Isn't Is Like South Korea. We Won't Will Won't Be Home For 100 Years. We Are Aren't Ragging On McCain's Age.

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 06.19.2008 | Home

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Dueling candidate communiques today on McCain's non-timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq raised important questions: Does "confused" mean "old"? And just how politically confused is Joe Lieberman?

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Campaign AdWatch: John McCain's War On Warring About War

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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"Only a fool or a fraud talks tough or romantically about war," says John McCain at the top of his latest spot "Safe," right before he spends the next...

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McCain Tries Aggressively To Distance Himself From Bush In Speech Tonight

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

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***Scroll Down For Video*** The frame of John McCain being an extension of the Bush presidency is apparently getting under the Senator's skin. In hi...

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HuffPost News Hunt: Keeping the Media Honest When It Comes to Covering McCain

Arianna Huffington | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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The same journalists rendered "too deferential" by George Bush's soaring post-9/11 approval ratings now seem intent on providing cover for McCain. To try to keep that from happening, HuffPost is launching the John McCain News Hunt, an investigative project designed to take a clear-eyed look at the media's coverage of McCain.

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Retired Air Force General McPeak Bashes McCain

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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Retired Air Force General Tony McPeak, a national security adviser to Barack Obama, dropped the hammer on Sen. John McCain today, telling the Washingt...

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McCain's "Right Arm" In War On Terror Has Never Been To Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics

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John McCain has routinely touted his resoluteness in combating Islamic extremism. When Rudy Giuliani dropped out of the Republican primary and endorse...

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