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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!For the first time in the Illinois Senate race, GOP nominee Rep. Mark Kirk is on the defensive after being caught claiming a Navy award he did not earn, Intelligence Officer of the Year in 1999. Both of Chicago's daily newspapers ran editorials on Wednesday blasting Kirk, a commander in the Navy Reserves since 1989, for embellishing his service record. Kirk's rival is Democratic candidate Alexi Giannoulias, the state treasurer who never served in the military. Giannoulias had been facing criticism from Kirk over the failure of his family-owned Broadway Bank, where Giannoulias once worked ...
At a press availability today, Sen. Barack Obama denied that he had repudiated General Wesley Clark's comments about Sen. John McCain's military service. Clark said on Sunday's Face the Nation that McCain's military service was not necessarily a qualification for the office of president. "I don't think that riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to become president," he said. The McCain campaign produced no fewer than eight press releases from former military supporters of McCain decrying Clark's comments and calling them an attack.Yesterday, Sen. Obama gave a ...
Following up on yesterday's mulit-generational bio-spot, John McCain's campaign has released another :90 second spot titled "Heroes." ...
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