...Israel.But the bottom line is that Obama won the election, and presidents get to choose their closest advisers. Sen. John McCain, one of the most vocal critics of Brennan and Hagel, made that same point during George W. Bush's presidency...

...points of view."Obama's critics say he misunderstands the nature of the threat to moderation in the Mideast. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the White House is demonstrating this by overstating the role of the anti-Islam video in igniting...

...Romney criticized Obama for sympathizing with the attackers. In the aftermath, top Republicans - including Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the 2008 presidential nominee - urged Romney to give a speech laying out his vision for U.S. foreign...

...without seeming belligerent.The president's last prior debate was four years ago, when he was running against Sen. John McCain.Associated Press writers Philip Elliott and Beth Fouhy in Washington, Julie Pace in Madison, Wis., and Matthew...

...she would not consider a third party candidacy because it would assure President Barack Obama's reelection.Sen. John McCain plucked Palin from relative obscurity in 2008 by naming her as his running mate. She electrified Republican activists...

...granting the award enjoyed bipartisan support in both houses, with Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, cosponsoring it. President Barack Obama signed it last year. "Granting this medal is a long overdue...

...codes, just slightly more than Obama's $9,213. In the 2008 election, 59 percent of Alaskan voters selected Sen. John McCain over Obama, who received about 38 percent of the state's votes. In District 33 - Central Kenai, Soldotna and Kalifornsky...

...the vote. Mike Huckabee came in second with 21.9 percent and Ron Paul took third with 17.2 percent of the vote. John McCain took only 15.6 percent of the vote. Bagley said he expects Paul, a Texas Congressman, to take Alaska. Currently...

...of emails last year that focused on Palin's time before she joined the Republican ticket with presidential nominee John McCain. This week the state released some 34,820 pages. The request for records was to cover from October 2008 until Palin's...

...should have chosen the replacement for the retired U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski. Second, according to U.S. Sen. John McCain, the Congress is about as partisan as it has ever been in the past 20 years and, with a Republican administration...