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John McCain Falsely Claims Sadr Declared Ceasefire -- Again!

Think Progress | Posted 04.14.2008 | Politics

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Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the ceasefire in Basra last w...

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McCain Clueless, Contradictory On al-Sadr's Influence In Iraq

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics

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For all of John McCain's claims to both foreign policy experience and a keen understanding on what needs to be done in Iraq, it seems that with each p...

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Fierce Iraq Fighting Forces War Back Onto Campaign Trail

The New York Times | MICHAEL COOPER and LARRY ROHTER | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics

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The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential cam...

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McCain: I "Had No Confidence" In Bush Before The Surge

Think Progress | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has long held that he was the "greatest critic" of Donald Rumsfeld's strategy in Iraq. Now, as he moves into the general elect...

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Many Arabs Fear McCain Would Continue Bush Policy

Reuters | Nadim Ladki | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Arabs keen to see the end of George W. Bush's presidency fear that a win for likely Republican candidate John McCain will bring little change to U.S. ...

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McCain Pushed For War In Iraq For 10 Years

LA Times | Bob Drogin | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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As America's war in Iraq enters its sixth year, Sen. John McCain is hoping that his long effort to send thousands more U.S. troops -- a "surge" that h...

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Obama: "Security Gap" Exists Between Rhetoric And Reality

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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UPDATE: John McCain's camp has responded to Obama, saying his speech fails "National Security 101". On McCain's Iran-Al-Qaeda flap: "To say that inv...

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McCain Surrogate: "Christian Right" A Serious Problem

Haaretz | Shmuel Rosner | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The location keeps changing, and the speakers might be different as well, but the goal remains the same: courting the Jewish vote. Today, it was in Wa...

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Female Suicide Bomber Kills 43 in Iraq

AP | KIM GAMEL | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber struck Shiite worshippers in the holy city of Karbala on Monday, an official and a witness said, killing at le...

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McCain Foreign Policy Shows Mixed Signals

LA Times | Paul Richter | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. John McCain is well-known for scorching denunciations of Democrats, who he says would raise the "white flag of surrender" by cutting off funds fo...

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McCain Trip Comes During Iraq Milestones

AP | RYAN LENZ | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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BAGHDAD — Sen. John McCain's trip to Iraq, which began Sunday in Baghdad, coincides with a number of milestones. The Iraq war, to which the pro...

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John McCain Heads To Iraq, Jerusalem

Washington Times | Joseph Curl | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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With the Democratic presidential contenders crisscrossing Pennsylvania in a provincial battle for the nomination, presumptive Republican nominee Sen. ...

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McCain Declines To Push For Iraq Oil Audit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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This past week, two senior members of the Senate Armed Service Committee -- chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and former chairman John Warner (R-VA) -- penne...

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Iraq Veteran Says McCain Policy Is Wrong

AP | WILL LESTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Speaking on behalf of the Democratic Party, an Iraq combat veteran said Saturday that apparent GOP nominee John McCain should not w...

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Klein: McCain "Should Know Better" On Iraq

Time | Joe Klein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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John McCain continues to fight a different war in Iraq than...the U.S. military. It is a simple war of good v. evil, us v. Al Qaeda. There are aspects...

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McCain's Iraq Barack Attack Shows A Crack

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media

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The media should be paying attention here, to more than just the first big skirmish of the putative general election, which reframed the foreign policy distinctions between the two candidates.

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McCain "Virtually Indistinguishable" From Bush On Iraq, Economy, Health Care

Bloomberg | Edwin Chen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senator John McCain's battles with George W. Bush date back to the 2000 presidential campaign. That's a political strength these days, says Republican...

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John McCain Says He Could Lose Over Iraq War

AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — John McCain said Monday that to win the White House he must convince a war-weary country that U.S. policy in Iraq is succeed...

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Jon Stewart Mocks John McCain During Oscars

Huffington Post | Posted 08.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Oscar host Jon Stewart mocked republican presidential candidate John McCain during his opening monologue. "The films that were made about the Iraq wa...

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DNC Video Catches McCain Flip Flops On Iraq

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The DNC has released a web video compiling public comments by John McCain on Iraq, which they call, "The Double Talk Express." Expect to see more con...

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End of a Romance: Why the Media and Independent Voters Need to Break Up with John McCain

Arianna Huffington | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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I hate to be the one to break up a love affair, but I can no longer stand idly by and watch the media and independent voters continue to throw themselves at the feet of John McCain.

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McCain: 'I Dont Think Americans Are Concerned' If We Stay In Iraq For '10,000 Years'

Think Progress | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Last week, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said it "would be fine with" him if the U.S. military stayed in Iraq for "a hundred years" or even a "million years...

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McCain Condemns MoveOn, But Refuses To Criticize Boehner Over "Small Price" Remark

Swampland | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Ana, on the McCain bus (it's hard to blog from your Treo), sends this in: On the bus, McCain responded to John Boehner's remark that American liv...

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