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Gen. Petraeus Testifies On US Special Operations FY2011 Budget

2010-03-16T08:33:28Z

WASHINGTON - MARCH 16: US Navy Adm. Eric Olson (C), commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command greets Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) (L) while Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)(R) and Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth said Massachusetts' gay law would likely allow a man to marry a horse</div><div><p> <p>Former Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth, who is challenging Senator John McCain in the Republican primary, said Massachusetts' gay marriage law was “da...

McCain, Palin to campaign together in Arizona

2010-03-15T19:15:09Z

<div id="subtitle">McCain to campaign with ex-running mate Sarah Palin for 1st time since presidential election</div><div><p>John McCain and Sarah Palin are scheduled to campaign together in Arizona next week for the first time since they conceded the presidential election in Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, talks with Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 10, 2010, after voting on the Tax Extenders Act. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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Pentagon may speed up air tanker award

2010-03-09T11:30:14Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Tuesday it might award a multibillion-dollar aerial tanker contract sooner than planned after Northrop Grumman Corp <NOC.N> and Europe's EADS <EAD.PA> pul...

McCain, Scott Brown appear at Tucson, Ariz., rally

2010-03-06T19:15:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown headlines campaign rally in Tucson for John McCain</div><div><p>U.S. Sen. John McCain says the race for the Republican nomination for the seat he currently holds should be about fixing the economy, not about political ideology.</p><p>At...

McCain Brown

2010-03-06T19:32:41Z

Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., center, prepares to sign autographs for supporters at a John McCain campaign rally in Tucson, Ariz., Saturday, March 6, 2010. (AP Photo/John Miller)

Copyright 2010 Republican Scott Brown makes first campaign stop for McCain in Arizona</div><div><p>Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain enlisted a rising star of the Republican Party in a bid Friday to lock down support among conservative primary voters.&...

McCain 2010

2010-03-05T14:22:00Z

U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, gives the thumbs up as U.S. Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., speak at a McCain campaign rally Friday, March 5, 2010 in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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McCain Scott Brown

2010-03-05T03:31:00Z

FILE - In this Feb. 18, 2010 file photo, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., listens to a question from the audience at a Veterans Town Hall Meeting and endorsement news conference at the American Legion Post #1 Luke-Greenway in Phoenix. Facing the toughest re-election battle of his career, John McCain is bringing i...

Air Force Budget

2010-03-04T16:31:31Z

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., center, talks with the committee's ranking Republican Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, and committee member Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., on Capitol Hill in NBC Universal, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appears on "Meet the Press" at NBC studios February 28, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Photo by William B. Plowman/NBC Ne...

Obama Health Care Overhaul

2010-02-27T05:45:38Z

Republicans, from left, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Sen Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., huddle at the Blair House in Arizona's Sen. McCain says it's time to 'start over' on changing America's health care system</div><div><p>Sen. John McCain says congressional Republicans are willing to negotiate changes in the health care system with President Barack Obama, ...

Analysis: Politics and posing trump health policy

2010-02-26T04:15:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Analysis: Health care summit _ a dose of consensus and transfusion of partisan strife</div><div><p>What happens when you throw 38 lawmakers, four television cameras and the president of the United States together and tell them to fix health care? Sniping. Posing. Serious election-year politics. And little hope of bridging the gap between Barack ...

News channels quickly lose interest in summit

2010-02-25T21:45:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Health summit gives Obama chance to direct his own televised debate, but did anybody tune in?</div><div><p>Barack Obama has long seem preoccupied with his presidency's dissection by cable TV talk show hosts. With his health care summit, he effectively became one.</p><p>Welcome to the presidential no-spin zone.</p><p>Obama put together a production of government in the televi...

Campaign flashback: McCain clashes with Obama

2010-02-25T17:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">McCain accuses Obama of failing to redeem 2008 campaign promise to change Washington politics</div><div><p>Who said the 2008 presidential campaign was over? President Barack Obama upbraided his former Republican rival, Sen. John McCain, on Thursday for resorting to political "talking ...

Obama, Republicans clash at health summit

2010-02-25T16:00:31Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Republicans clashed frequently on Thursday at a summit on his stalled healthcare overhaul, battling over the size and cost of the proposal and moving no closer to a compromise agreement.</p><p>Obama told about 40 congressional leaders his comprehensive overhaul was "absolutely critical" to a sus...

In the room: smiles, smirks and serious looks

2010-02-25T15:30:51Z

<div id="subtitle">This is what democracy looks like: serious talk, smiles and smirks at the health care summit</div><div><p>Smirks, smiles and staredowns.</p><p>President Barack Obama's health care summit Thursday was a made-for-television seminar of American politics, filled with moments the cameras never caught.</p><p>Republicans and Democrats came together, all right — so packed around a t...

Health summit: Heated talk, little agreement

2010-02-25T11:46:00Z

<div><p>With tempers flaring, President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans clashed in an extraordinary live-on-TV summit Thursday over the right prescription for the nation's broken health care system, talking of agreement but holding to long-entrenched positions that leave them far apart.</p><p>"We have a very difficult gap to bridge here," said Rep. Eric Can...