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(AP) Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic change that Washington advocated during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. At the same time, all the candidates to succeed President Bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Moscow has bitterly criticized.Still, there is scant optimism that the changes in ...
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(AP) Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah.In a speech Thursday to the Israeli Knesset, Bush mentioned the president of Iran, and said: ...
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(AP) President Bush is pivoting to the Arab side of the Mideast peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this week.Bush begins two days of talks Saturday with a string of leaders key to U.S. goals in the region: Egyptian President ...
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(AP) Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" _ Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.___CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla.; Republican strategist Ed Rollins; former Govs. Mario Cuomo, D-N.Y., and Roy Romer, D-Colo.___NBC's "Meet the Press" _ Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; former ...
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
(AP) IN THE HEADLINESClinton tells Oregonians she won't give up, unveils 3 new ads ... McCain asks staff to disclose lobbying connections ... Huckabee quips about gun aimed at Obama in speech to NRA, later issues apology ...___Clinton to Oregonians: Don't count me outPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) _ Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton ...
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
(AP) As head of the deep-pocketed Democratic Senatorial Campaign Commission, New York Sen. Charles Schumer hand-picked his party's nominee to take on Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, the last Republican standing on the West Coast.But apparently, Schumer forgot to inform the state's voters.Days before votes are counted in the Oregon primary, Schumer's ...
1 hour, 47 minutes ago
(AP) Being dead since 1940 hasn't kept Idaho U.S. Sen. William Borah from being inserted squarely into 2008 presidential politics after Democratic candidate Barack Obama took issue with President Bush's borrowing of a quote from Borah.In a speech Thursday to the Israeli Knesset, Bush mentioned the president of Iran, and said: ...
2 hours, 12 minutes ago
(AP) An anti-war Democratic congressman backed off complaints about Defense Department personnel watching a House vote after the Pentagon told him they were students from the Army War College.Northern California Rep. Pete Stark wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday demanding to know what the uniformed personnel were doing in ...
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(AP) L. Douglas Wilder, the nation's first elected black governor, announced Friday that he would not seek re-election as Richmond's mayor, likely bringing his storied political career to a close.The 77-year-old grandson of slaves announced his plans to retire during a meeting with Richmond city department directors, then issued a news ...
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(AP) Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she wasn't ceding Oregon _ or the nomination _ to opponent Barack Obama, who is heavily favored to collect another victory here next week as he comes closer to winning the Democratic nomination."I've been declared dead so many times, and luckily it's been premature, ...
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(AP) Senator Jay Rockefeller wins an easy victory in West Virginia's Democratic primary.Rockefeller is seeking a fifth term in the U.S. Senate.He survived a challenge from two Democrats, including one who criticized him for endorsing presidential candidate Barack Obama.Former state lawmaker Sheirl (SHARE-ull) Fletcher said the endorsement was proof that Rockefeller ...
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(AP) Barack Obama laid into John McCain on Friday for advancing a tough-guy foreign policy that he called "naive and irresponsible," serving notice that he's ready to launch a full-throttle challenge to the Republican presidential contender on international relations in the general election campaign.Lumping McCain together with President Bush, Obama declared: ...
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(AP) President Bush's contentious nominee for the Federal Election Commission removed his name from consideration Friday, potentially ending a lengthy stalemate that had paralyzed the work of the agency.Hans von Spakovsky, a former Justice Department official who never had Democratic support to win confirmation, withdrew his nomination, saying it was time ...
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(AP) The U.S. is its own worst enemy when it comes to the desperately important task of recruiting immigrants as spies, analysts and translators in the war on terror, new Americans are telling intelligence officials. The government's policies raise suspicions and fear in the immigrants' home countries and disturb potential recruits ...
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(AP) The political fortunes of Democrats down South once were so bad that people openly joked even Jesus Christ would lose by a double-digit margin if he ran for office on the party's ticket.It might be time to put that joke to rest.In special elections recently, Democrats snatched away two congressional ...
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(AP) John McCain, looking through a crystal ball to 2013 and the end of a prospective first term, sees "spasmodic" but reduced violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden dead or captured and government spending curbed by his ready veto pen.The Republican presidential contender also envisions April's annual angst replaced ...
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(AP) President Bush failed to win the help he sought from Saudi Arabia to relieve skyrocketing American gas prices Friday, a setback for the former Texas oilman who took office predicting he would jawbone oil-producing nations to help the U.S.Bush got a red-carpet welcome to this desert kingdom, home to the ...
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(AP) The Supreme Court tossed itself off a big case Monday.The court couldn't take up an apartheid dispute involving some of the nation's largest companies because too many of the justices had investments or other ties with those corporate giants.It appeared to be the first time in at least a quarter-century ...
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(AP) Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday she wasn't ceding Oregon _ or the nomination _ to opponent Barack Obama, who is heavily favored to collect another victory here next week as he comes closer to winning the Democratic nomination."I've been declared dead so many times, and luckily it's been premature, ...
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(AP) Former Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential candidate and an early backer of Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined a noisy rally for Barack Obama on Friday night, describing the Illinois senator as a "ripple of hope" who can win the White House.McGovern has shifted his allegiance to Obama and suggested ...
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(AP) Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:___ABC's "This Week" _ Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio.___CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Gov. Charlie Crist, R-Fla.; Republican strategist Ed Rollins; former Govs. Mario Cuomo, D-N.Y., and Roy Romer, D-Colo.___NBC's "Meet the Press" _ Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; former ...
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(AP) Soon after taking office, the next president will get some advice about how to prevent a nuclear attack on the U.S., researched and written by top experts on weapons of mass destruction.Over the next six months, a congressionally mandated commission will look at the federal government's myriad of WMD programs ...
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(AP) Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will visit four nations in the Middle East later this month to discuss foreign investment, the fight against terrorist financing and Iran.The Treasury Department said Friday that Paulson will visit the region from May 30 to June 2 for stops in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and ...
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(AP) Supplies from U.S. relief flights were given directly to nongovernmental organizations Friday to help with the aftermath of Myanmar's disastrous cyclone, the State Department said.Spokesman Sean McCormack said direct distribution also was being sought for as many as five flights during the weekend.U.S. C-130 cargo planes began flying aid to ...
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(AP) An anti-war Democratic congressman backed off complaints about Defense Department personnel watching a House vote after the Pentagon told him they were students from the Army War College.Northern California Rep. Pete Stark wrote to Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday demanding to know what the uniformed personnel were doing in ...
