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What was it about the World Trade Center that attracted Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida killers – not once but twice? And why attack the Pentagon? And why was one of the skyjacked planes headed toward another Washington target, possibly the White House or the Capitol Building? Why? Because they're more than inviting targets; they're highly visible symbols of American life. They represent free enterprise and our successful commerce throughout the world; they represent our supreme military might; and they represent our free democratic government, the envy – and fear – of the rest of the world. Some of...

WASHINGTON - It's not hard to deduce John Kerry's favorite Republican. The same person is also one of the Bush administration's least favorite Republicans - John McCain. On issues from Vietnam to reforming government, Kerry and aides frequently mention the Arizona senator who challenged candidate Bush and occasionally criticizes the president.As far back as 2002, at a dinner in South Carolina, Kerry referenced that state's fierce 2000 primary between Bush and the former Vietnam prisoner of war. "I know we all have great admiration for the way John McCain courageously endured years of unbelievable psychological torture by ideological fanatics," Kerry...