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Here's the latest news from the campaign trail for Wednesday, May 15: Obama hits back at Bush speech; Obama gains from Edwards endorsement; Clinton campaigns in S.D.; McCain predicts victory in Iraq, demise of bin Laden.

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The mother of an Iraqi baby is crediting American medicine with saving her son's life. She made a risky journey halfway around the world for her son's heart operation. CBS 2's Jay Day reports.

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Sen. John McCain says he is 'predicting victory' in Iraq and is not placing a timetable on withdrawing from Iraq.

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CNN's Arwa Damon reports on how Iraqi civilians are looking to the U.S. military for compensation.

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John McCain highlighted his plans as president Thursday and predicted the war in Iraq will be over by 2013.

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Sen. McCain delivers a speech looking into the not-so-distant future.

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AP photojournalists Maya Alleruzzo and Evan Vucci share personal stories about U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chad Caldwell, 24, of Spokane, Wash., who was killed in Mosul on April 30th. Caldwell had earlier spoken about the dangers he faced everyday. (May 15)

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AP photojournalist Rick Bowmer went to the home of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Chad Caldwell in Spokane, Wash. after his family learned of his death. Bowmer spent several days with Caldwell's family and attended his funeral. (May 15)

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A group of demonstrators protesting the war in Iraq will be allowed to parade as close as 300 feet from the Xcel Energy Center on the first day of the Republican National Convention, police said Wednesday, Heather Brown reports (2:02).

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President Bush says he gave up playing golf because of the war in Iraq.

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CNN's Michael Ware travels with the Mehdi Army into the heart of Sadr City, an area off-limits to U.S. troops.

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The leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. (May 8)

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An Iraqi man sued two U.S. military contractors Monday, claiming he was repeatedly tortured while being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison for more than 10 months. (May 5)

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Guided missiles fired into the crowded Baghdad slum of Sadr City.

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Giving injured Marines the chance to drive, and drive really fast. That's the goal of an organization that's helping to retrofit BMW's so that injured Iraq veterans can have a little fun behind the wheel. (April 30)

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White House officials privately cautioned lawmakers not to go too far in restricting U.S. aid to Iraq, warning that doing so might only prolong the war. The special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction spoke with the AP. (April 30)

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An Iraqi court on Tuesday opened the trial of Tariq Aziz, one of Saddam Hussein's best-known lieutenants, and seven other defendants facing charges in the 1992 execution of dozens of merchants. (April 29)

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Report of casualties follows fierce fighting in Baghdad.

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Military personnel and supporters from across America joined an Ohio family Sunday at a memorial service for an Army reservist whose remains were found in Iraq last month, nearly four years after his capture. (April 27)

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Matt Maupin's remains come home to Ohio after he vanished in Iraq 4 years ago.

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AP photojournalist Evan Vucci introduces you to Lt. Rusty Morris of Killer Troop, Third Platoon, Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. Lt. Morris is just one of 160,000 U.S. Soldiers serving in Iraq. (April 24)

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To mark the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Army Reserve, 100 soldiers from throughout the country participated in a mass re-enlistment ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, including one soldier who signed up the day the Iraq war started. (April 23)

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Sec. Gates announces Gen. Petraeus' nomination to oversee Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Presumptive Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited Inez, Kentucky Wednesday. The visit by McCain comes on the heels of new polling data that shows American voters have become more concerned about the economy than the war in Iraq. (April 23)

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Army Gen. David Petreaeus, the four-star general whose led troops in Iraq for the past year, will be nominated by President Bush to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday. (April 23)

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At least eight people were killed and 15 wounded when a rocket hit the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad. The U.S. military says it did fire a missile at extremists, but no civilians were in the area. (April 23)

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Police say no children were at a kindergarten near Baghdad's Green Zone Tuesday when a mortar struck the school. Shiite militants are blamed for the attack. (April 22)

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President Bush makes an appearance on NBC's "Deal or No Deal," wishing an Iraq war veteran good luck as he tries to guess which suitcase contains $1 million. (April 21)

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining that some military leaders are "stuck in old ways of doing business." (April 21)

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The economy has soared past Iraq and other issues as the top problem on peoples' minds, with majorities from both parties and all income levels saying it's a huge concern. (April 21)

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Secretary of State praised the Iraqi government's crackdown on Shiite militias.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised the Iraqi government Sunday for government-led assaults on radical militias, as the top U.S. diplomat made a surprise visit to Baghdad in a show of support for the country's leaders. (April 20)

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Army Lt. Melissa Stockwell will represent the U.S. at the Olympics.