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McConnell Not Bullish on 2008

Leader Doesn’t Predict Gains

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday he believes his party is well-positioned to maintain its current 49 seats in the upcoming 2008 elections, but he downplayed the GOP’s chances for a quick return to the majority in just two years.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testify at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday.
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