By Andrea Hopkins CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Ohio military veteran Robert Rigsby believes US presidents need military experience. So does retired autoworker

WASHINGTON (AP) — A veterans group critical of the war in Iraq accuses John McCain of wanting to occupy Iraq indefinitely, against the wishes of the

By Jim Muir The last of the American combat brigades brought in last year for the US troop "surge" has now left Iraq. The announcement coincided with a

By VOA News US Republican candidate John McCain says if he becomes president, once US troops withdraw from Iraq they will not return, because the United

McCain yesterday launched one of his toughest attacks yet on Senator Barack Obama, saying his Democratic rival ‘would rather lose a war in order to win a

By Jim Malone As Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama continues his highly publicized overseas tour, his Republican opponent, Senator John McCain,

Barack Obama finds himself in one of those absurd positions typical of politics, in which making the right decision might prove disastrous to his future.

The power of pictures … Barack Obama surveys Baghdad with General David Petraeus from a helicopter. Multimedia: Hillary Clinton concedes the Democratic

AP KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine – Republican John McCain worked Monday to wrestle the spotlight from Barack Obama's tour of Iraq by insisting he was right and the

Former president George HW Bush had glowing words for John McCain at the compound in Kennebunkport, Maine. (brian snyder/Reuters) KENNEBUNKPORT,

By TERRY MORAN, MELINDA ARONS and KATIE ESCHERICH After meeting with top US military commanders and members of the Iraqi government, Sen.

Presidential candidate Barack Obama greets Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad. Photo released by the US army, (AP Photo/Ssg. Lorie Jewell) A look at the young

By Jim Malone Republican presidential contender John McCain intends to focus on domestic economic issues this week while his Democratic opponent,

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain insisted on Monday that he has been consistently right on both Iraq and Afghanistan while Democratic

By Tom A. Peter Reporter Tom A. Peter talks with Iraqi citizens about Sen. Barack Obama and the US presidential campaign. Senator Obama is an unknown

by AP Monday: An Iraqi police officer searches bags at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq, ahead of Barack Obama's visit on a congressional delegation.