Romney Lists Potential Running Mates

Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a breakfast with local residents, Thursday, March 29, 2007, during a campaign stop in Bluffton, S.C. (AP Photo by Stephen Morton) (Stephen Morton - AP)

"They believe there will be a reward for the Iranian people if they destroy Israel," he said. "We're next in line, if you're interested."

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) _ Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson says Republican rival John McCain is dead wrong about the war in Iraq.

"Our policy is not working," the New Mexico governor said Thursday night while campaigning in western Texas. He criticized the Arizona senator for supporting President Bush's strategy for sending more troops into the battle zone and repeated his view that U.S. troops should be pulled out.

"I believe we can get out of Iraq within this calendar year," Richardson said. Achieving that goal, he added, would require winning support from other Middle Eastern nations, including Syria and Iran.

"I would withdraw with strong diplomacy," Richardson said.

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Associated Press writers Marc Humbert in Albany, Andrew Miga in Washington, Angela Delli Santi and Tom Hester Jr. in Trenton, Ron Jenkins in Oklahoma City, Jim Davenport in Charleston, S.C., and Alicia A. Caldwell in El Paso contributed to this report.