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Why it's John McCain, maverick, stumping for Gomez in Massachusetts

In the Massachusetts Senate race, underdog Gabriel Gomez enlisted the help Monday of GOP maverick-in-chief John McCain. There's a reason he called on McCain and not, say, Newt Gingrich.
Veterans groups gear up to fight any proposed changes to disability payments

To help reduce the deficit, President Barack Obama has suggested using a different measure of inflation to calculate Social Security benefits, leading to a slower growth rate. Veterans groups worry such a change could apply to disability payments.
Controversy spurs Pentagon's Hagel to review new 'Nintendo' medal

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will reconsider new Distinguished Warfare Medal, for which drone operators are eligible. Critics complain it ranks higher than the Bronze Star or Purple Heart – awards for acts of valor in physical combat.
Cover Story What Americans want from the next president

On the eve of a historically tight election, a writer drives through swing states and listens to the voices of America, hearing one overriding plea: 'Washington, stop bickering. Get something done!'
Change Agent Battling back: US veterans help each other

In Florida, Veterans Helping Veterans assigns former military service men and women to mentor other veterans who have ended up on the wrong side of the law.
New generation of vets find camaraderie, services online

Web-savvy veterans are using the internet more frequently to connect with one another, and traditional veterans programs are following suit. The Department of Veterans Affairs and the VFW are reaching out to vets in unconventional ways.
Romney visit: Poles disappointed with Obama foreign policy

The idea that America has lost interest in maintaining Poland as its strategic ally in Eastern Europe remains a popular opinion among many Poles.
Mitt Romney's overseas trip: where he's going and why

Mitt Romney, the man who rescued the Winter Olympics of 2002, is making London the first stop on his tour abroad. From Britain he'll travel to Israel and Poland, with an eye both on policy differences and domestic constituencies.
Opinion: What would 'President Romney' do about Syria?

The same thing President Obama has been doing. Contrary to his condemnations of Obama's foreign policy, handling of the Syria crisis, and stance toward Bashar al-Assad, Romney would effectively have the same policy on Syria as Obama.
Opinion: Romney and Obama on foreign policy: short on specifics

President Obama and Mitt Romney delivered foreign policy speeches to the VFW this week, but neither offered great detail on how they will deal with a fractious world. With Romney on a trip to Britain, Israel, and Poland, let's hope both candidates put tawdry domestic policy sniping on hold.
In appeal to veterans, Mitt Romney touts 'unapologetic' use of US power

On the eve of a weeklong overseas trip, Mitt Romney tells the VFW he is 'not ashamed of American power,' and calls intelligence leaks from the Obama White House a 'national security crisis.'
Obama vs. Romney: VFW hosting campaign side trip into foreign policy

Preceding Romney by a day, Obama addresses the VFW convention, saying he'd kept his foreign policy promises to the veterans and touting, not surprisingly, the Osama bin Laden mission.
Campaigns resume attacks after pause for Colorado shooting

Both campaigns were keeping their largely negative television advertisements off the air in Colorado, a key battleground state in the November election.
Cover Story Veterans' new fight: reviving inner-city America

How some veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are helping turn around a drug-infested neighborhood of Baltimore – and themselves.
Why Mitt Romney isn't balking at strong voter support for Ron Paul

Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are in the top two slots in both Iowa and New Hampshire. But there’s little doubt about who would win in a Romney-Paul matchup.
Herman Cain campaign is smokin' - with new cash

The Herman Cain campaign has raked in at least $3 million in October, says chief of staff Mark Block. That bests Cain's fundraising tally for the entire third quarter of 2011.
Gallery: Repeat contender: Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney in crosshairs of GOP candidates going into N.H. debate

Mitt Romney's unflappable debate style is likely to be tested Tuesday night. This is a make or break debate for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Mitt Romney's tough call: Court the tea party to counter Perry surge?

With presidential hopeful Rick Perry now leading polls of GOP voters by double digits, Mitt Romney is having to pivot toward the tea party, which is not his natural constituency.
In Pictures: Who is Jon Huntsman?
A nomad nation settles down

Americans were once known for constantly being on the move. Recent trends indicate they are putting down roots whether they want to or not.
How American Muslims are reacting to Koran burning threat

For American Muslims – already in the eye of a political storm over the proposed mosque near ground zero in New York – a Florida pastor's Koran burning threat is seen as a teachable moment crucial to how the US public views Muslims and Islam.
'Mission accomplished'? Joe Biden gives upbeat assessment of Iraq.

Vice President Joe Biden told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Indianapolis on Monday that ‘politics, not war, has broken out in Iraq.’ But experts caution against excessive optimism.
Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal says story on his Vietnam service is a 'distortion'

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic candidate for the US Senate seat currently held by the retiring Christopher Dodd, is expected to answer questions about his Vietnam service record that came from a New York Times story on Monday.
Mojave cross theft shows planning; veterans groups vow to rebuild

The Mojave cross, which the US Supreme Court two weeks ago ruled could stay, was removed early this week, sparking outrage.