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John Edwards gains unions' backing

The United Steelworkers union and the United Mine Workers of America have announced their support for Democratic U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards.

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Dems warn Florida on primary date

Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and other Democratic presidential hopefuls have pledged not to campaign in states that break party rules.

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Clinton: Republicans benefit from terror

Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., said a terror attack on the United States would be advantageous to the Republican party.

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Analysis: Pakistan worries U.S. lawmakers

Pakistan is on a knife’s edge, warned leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at a recent debate, urging U.S. politicians not to make Washington’s relations with that country an election issue.

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Presidential hopefuls at Iowa corn boil

Four Democratic presidential hopefuls pitched themselves to voters at a traditional Iowa summer corn boil.

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Dems debate 'YouTube' users' questions

Eight U.S. Democratic presidential contenders Monday, for the first time ever, debated questions submitted by questioners via the Internet Web site YouTube.

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Richardson touts plan for Iraq withdrawal

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says his rivals for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination lack a plan to bring American troops home from Iraq.

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Univision wants debate in Spanish

U.S. Spanish-language television network Univision is inviting Democrat and Republican presidential candidates to debate in Spanish.

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Dodd campaign highlights global warming

The campaign of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., has created a TV spot in Iowa and New Hampshire highlighting environmental politics.

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Dodd, Gingrich face off on Iraq

Sen. Chris Dodd, D-CT., and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Sunday debated whether there should be a firm timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. Dodd supported a withdrawal deadline in an Iraq funding bill during the 25-minute face-off on NBC's

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Christopher John "Chris" Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and Democratic Party politician who served as a United States Senator from Connecticut for a thirty-year period ending with the 111th United States Congress.

Dodd is a Connecticut native and a graduate of Georgetown Preparatory School in Bethesda, Maryland, and Providence College. His father, Thomas J. Dodd, was one of Connecticut's United States Senators from 1959-1971. Chris Dodd served in the Peace Corps for two years prior to entering law school at the University of Louisville, and during law school concurrently served in the United States Army Reserve.

Dodd returned to Connecticut, winning election in 1974 to the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd congressional district and was reelected in 1976 and 1978. He was elected United States Senator in the elections of 1980, and was the longest-serving senator in Connecticut's history.

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