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President Bush Remarks on John Kerry

ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: The White House has released the following remarks on John Kerry in advance of a campaign rally in Perry, GA where they will be read by President Bush: "Yesterday Democrat Senator John Kerry was speaking...

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October 31, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (26)

Kerry: 'I Apologize to No One'

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: With one week to go until the midterm elections that will determine control of Congress, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) responded to demands that he apologize for telling California students Monday that those unable to navigate...

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October 31, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (34)

Rumsfeld Confirms Iraqi Troops Levels to Be Boosted

ABC News' Luis Martinez Reports: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld confirms that Gen.'s Casey and Dempsey have made a proposal to boost the overall size of the Iraqi Security Forces. Rumsfeld said he was going inside to review it because "it's sitting...

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October 31, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Tony Snow Reads Kerry Quote Into the Official Record

ABC News' Ann Compton Reports: With dizzying speed Senator John Kerry's newest quote has Republicans pouncing. Bringing the scuffle into the media mainstream, White House Press Secretary Tony Snow seemed to delight in reading the entire Kerry quote into the...

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October 31, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (44)

California Fires

Correspondent Miguel Marquez blogs about covering the Esperanza fire: I have to admit, I like covering fires. The power and ferocity of fire is fascinating. Add to that the incredible drama that comes along with hundreds or thousands of people...

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October 30, 2006 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Bush Continues His Campaign for the GOP

In his second rally this campaign season, President Bush displayed confidence in the Republican Party while showing support for Georgia’s Republican congressional candidate Max Burns. Bush’s key message to the crowd at Georgia Southern University focused on keeping a Republican...

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October 30, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (4)

Vulnerable House Republican Touts Vote Against Iraq War

ABC News' Teddy Davis reports: Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN), the vulnerable House Republican running against Sheriff Brad Ellsworth in Indiana's 8th congressional district, has launched a new ad reminding voters of his 2002 vote against the Iraq war. In the...

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October 30, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (4)

A Novel Attack on VA Democratic Senate Candidate Jim Webb

ABC News' Jack Tapper Reports: The campaign of Sen. George Allen, R-VA, unloaded a document dump last night -- providing a press release to Mr. Drudge and, apparently, some at Fox News Channel -- that takes gleanings from the novels...

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October 27, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (25)

Bush: US Does Not Torture

A very terse President Bush said today that the U.S. does not torture, in response to a question about the recent comments from Vice President Cheney about terrorist techniques. Cheney said in an interview with WDAY Radio in Fargo, N.D...

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October 27, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (12)

Feisty Rumsfeld Talks Benchmarks

A feisty Donald Rumsfeld came to the Pentagon Briefing Room today to face the barrage of questions on benchmarks, timetables, etc. From how tortuous the definition of "benchmarks," "projections" and "milestones" has become it's become very apparent that administration officials...

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October 26, 2006 in Political Radar | Permalink | User Comments (5)