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KABUL, Afghanistan – Militants attacked troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing three of them as well as an Afghan interpreter. “Severe blast and fire damage” destroyed one vehicle in the convoy as it passed through Saydabad, a district of Wardak province, a …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Carrying the painful lessons of Hurricane Katrina, President Bush said on a tour of Midwest flooding on Thursday that he is listening to small-town concerns and understands the exhaustion of rescuers. “Obviously, to the extent we can help immediately, we will help,” Bush said during a …

WASHINGTON – President Bush on Friday thanked Congress for making two bipartisan compromises this week that forwarded his legislative agenda. He then left for political fundraising events in Florida and North Carolina. Democrats and Republicans on Wednesday hammered out negotiations on a $162 billion war funding measure, which includes an …