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NAACP: Bush 'Playing Race Card' in Social Security Debate

WASHINGTON – Black leaders on Monday accused President Bush of “playing the race card” in his pitch to sell his proposed Social Security (search) overhaul. NAACP (search) leaders Julian Bond and Dennis Courtland Hayes said Bush should focus on addressing the underlying health care reasons why blacks have a shorter …

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President Thanks Soldiers at Fort Hood

FORT HOOD, Texas – President Bush visited soldiers at the largest U.S. military base Tuesday, marking the two-year anniversary of the end of Saddam Hussein’s regime by saying it will be remembered along with the fall of the Berlin Wall (search) as one of history’s greatest moments. Bush thanked the …

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Poles Hold Farewell Mass for Pope

WARSAW, Poland – Poles filled churches, lit candles and gathered in Warsaw on Tuesday for a farewell Mass for John Paul II (search) in a square where he once rallied the nation against communist rule. Authorities said some 200,000 people were expected to attend the afternoon Mass on Pilsudski Square …

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