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President Bush Attends Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, Discusses War on Terror — Kansas City Convention and Entertainment Center — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. It's good to be with you again. I understand you haven't had much of a problem attracting speakers.
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New York Times:
Citing Vietnam, Bush Warns of Carnage if U.S. Leaves Iraq — With a tough battle with Congress over the future of the war expected to come in September, President Bush offered a rousing defense of his Iraq policy today, declaring that he envisions an American victory there and asserting …
Los Angeles Times:
Bush to cite Vietnam in defense of Iraq — The president plans to argue in a speech to veterans today that a U.S. withdrawal had dire results in Asia. — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Critics of the war in Iraq who compare the conflict to Vietnam have the analogy backward, President Bush plans to tell veterans in a speech today.
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Democrats blast Bush's Vietnam comparison — Democrats Wednesday strongly rejected President Bush's comparison of the Vietnam War to the conflict in Iraq, saying that drawing parallels is inaccurate and irresponsible. — Bush, in a speech to the annual convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars …
Washington Post:
Democrats Refocus Message on Iraq After Military Gains — Democratic leaders in Congress had planned to use August recess to raise the heat on Republicans to break with President Bush on the Iraq war. Instead, Democrats have been forced to recalibrate their own message in the face …
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Gallup Poll:
Gallup Poll Review: Karl Rove's Assertions About Hillary Clinton — High unfavorables unusual, but not necessarily a fatal flaw — PRINCETON, NJ — White House adviser Karl Rove — who announced he would be leaving his post at the end of August — has during the last week made a number …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Romney Encounters More Core Opposition Than Clinton — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has finally surpassed New York Senator Hillary Clinton in the polls. Unfortunately for Romney, it's a poll measuring the number of people committing to vote against him.
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Sub-Standard — IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE that, not so long ago, neoconservative foreign policy thinking overflowed with ideas and idealism. The descent has been steep, and nowhere is it more apparent than in the pages of The Weekly Standard—particularly in William Kristol's editorials …
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Agence France Presse:
Most US adults in the dark about world politics — Two-thirds of US adults admit to being in the dark about political issues outside the United States, and only a third are well-versed in US politics, the results of a poll published Tuesday showed. — Candidates in the US presidential primaries …
Arwa Damon / CNN:
Boy, 5, doused in gas, set on fire by masked men — Editor's note: CNN agreed not to use the full names of the mother and son in this article due to concern for their safety. — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Five-year-old Youssif is scarred for life, his once beautiful smile turned …
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ABCNEWS:
Romney Muddles Abortion Stance — Republican Contender Once Again Favors States on Abortion Rights — Mitt Romney has once again changed his position on whether states should be allowed to retain abortion rights. — Two weeks after indicating to ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on …
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Matthew Yi / San Francisco Chronicle:
Field Poll shows Californians lean toward dividing electoral votes — (08-21) 04:00 PDT Sacramento — California voters are inclined to support a proposed ballot initiative that would change how the Golden State allocates its electoral votes in presidential campaigns …
Los Angeles Times:
Not so fast, Christian soldiers — The Pentagon has a disturbing relationship with private evangelical groups. — Maybe what the war in Iraq needs is not more troops but more religion. At least that's the message the Department of Defense seems to be sending.
Elizabeth Benjamin / NY Daily News:
BRUNO: STONE HAS RESIGNED (UPDATED) — That was fast. — In a just-released statement, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno called the Roger Stone phone call flap "a distraction from the real issues - the abuse of government power, political espionage and a cover-up of information," …
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