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John McCain

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John McCain was a prominent American politician and military officer who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, McCain was known for his bipartisan approach and commitment to national security. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he was a prisoner of war for over five years, an experience that shaped his political career and views on military and foreign policy.

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May 21, 2008

Well, I just think that the statement is crazy and unacceptable.

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May 18, 2008

John McCain is going to double-down on George Bush's Iraq policy, and he's going to extend the tax cuts and basically embrace all of Bush's economic policies.

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May 18, 2008

Senator Obama has declared and repeatedly reaffirmed his intention to meet the president of Iran without any preconditions likening it to meetings between former American presidents and the leaders of the Soviet Union. Such a statement…

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May 18, 2008

Such a statement portrays the depth of Senator Obama's inexperience and reckless judgment. These are very serious deficiencies for an American president to possess.

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May 15, 2008

No 30-second sound bites from us, though. Tonight you'll hear what each has to say about the nation's security and talking with dictators at length, in their own words.

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May 15, 2008

Talking, not even with soaring rhetoric, unconditional, in unconditional meetings with the man who calls Israel a stinking corpse, and arms terrorists who kill Americans, will not convince Iran to give up its nuclear program. It is…

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May 15, 2008

Senator Obama would prefer the government exercise greater control.

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May 15, 2008

Senator Obama has clearly stated his preference for raising the tax burden on Americans.

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May 15, 2008

Senator Obama would meet unconditionally with some of the world's worst dictators and state sponsors of terrorists. I would not add to the prestige of those who support violent extremists or seek to destroy our allies.

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May 14, 2008

John McCain's vision of how the war in Iraq ends and, for the first time, perhaps, when it ends.

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May 14, 2008

California's supreme court rules same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.

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May 14, 2008

I think to a certain extent McCain obviously has the experience.

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May 14, 2008

I think that Barack Obama needs to explain why he wants to sit down and talk with a man who's the head of a government that's a state sponsor of terror, that is responsible for the killing of brave young Americans, that wants to wipe…

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May 14, 2008

It could be next month; it could be next year; it could be three years from now; it could be. But I'm confident we will have victory.

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May 14, 2008

By January 2013, America has welcomed home most of the servicemen and women who have sacrificed terribly so that America might be secure in her freedom. The Iraq War has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy.

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