(GA-10) Ga. Republican Avoids War in Campaign - AP

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Source: Associated Press

Ga. Republican Avoids War in Campaign
By BEN EVANS
Associated Press Writer

May 19, 2007, 10:45 AM EDT

WASHINGTON -- The Republican front-runner in the race to
succeed a late Georgia congressman jumps at the chance to
talk about immigration or Southern values.

Ask him about the war in Iraq, and he clams up.

"Iraq has not been a big thing in our district," Jim Whitehead
said recently.

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When it comes to Iraq, Whitehead has picked up right where
Norwood left off, standing firmly behind President Bush.

But even in this heavily conservative district in rural northeast
Georgia, Whitehead has decided that showcasing a stay-the-
course position is not a good idea.

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