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Bachmann Looks to Carry Iowa Momentum to New Hampshire

On a temporary stage in a Raymond, New Hampshire backyard, Michele Bachmann brought her nascent presidential campaign to the first in the nation primary state Tuesday morning.

In front of a crowd of about 200 people Bachmann led the crowd in a chant of "Live Free or Die," the state motto of New Hampshire, before launching into "Barack Obama is a one term president."

Despite recent bumps in the campaign trail, Bachmann appeared poised and confident under blue skies and a hot summer sun, playfully noting the lack of teleprompters and saying when she's president they'll be banned from the White House - a dig at President Obama who constantly relies on them to deliver speeches.

Playing to her Tea Party roots, she regaled the faithful with tales of runaway spending on Capitol Hill, telling a story about the House of Representatives voting for foreign aid to help cats and dogs and noting other cases of wasteful spending at a time the American economy was collapsing.

The latest polls in Iowa show her in a statistical dead heat with front runner Mitt Romney. But while Bachmann was announcing her campaign in Waterloo, Iowa yesterday Romney was campaigning in New Hampshire where he has a commanding double digit lead.

"I think she's a very strong contender," said Romney, adding "she's an excellent candidate, she's getting her message across and receiving good support. I have nothing but respect for her."

Whether the conservative message driving her poll numbers in the Hawkeye state will translate to support in the Granite State remains to be seen. Today's Boston Herald had a front page banner headline reading 'Move Over Sarah' calling Bachmann the Tea Party's 'new star.'

She's no stranger in New Hampshire having participated in the recent GOP debate, but that event competed against the 6th game of the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup campaign and most voters were tuned into hockey and not politics.

"She's doing better here than she was prior to the debate," said Andy Smith, Director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, "but Romney is still the clear frontrunner."

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Obama Troop Cuts Went Beyond Largest Withdrawal Offered By Top General

Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen, nominated to replace Gen. David Petraeus as head of coalition forces in Afghanistan, acknowledged Tuesday that President Obama's decision to draw down 10,000 troops by the end of this year and the rest of the surge forces by September 2012 was not one of the options proposed to the president by Gen. Petraeus.

The admission came during questioning from Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., during Allen's nomination hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services committee.

GRAHAM: The option that the country has chosen through President Obama is to withdraw 10,000 this year, all surge forces gone by September. Is it fair to say, General Allen, that was not one of the options presented to the president by General Petraeus?

ALLEN: It is a more aggressive option than that which was presented.

GRAHAM: My question is, was that a option?

ALLEN: It was not.

GRAHAM: So I just want the country to understand that this is not the Petraeus strategy any longer. The commander in chief has the perfect right to do what he did. I just hope that it hasn't undercut what I think could be a very successful outcome.

Like Allen -- General Petraeus and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both testified to Congress last week that the President's plan was "more aggressive" than they had anticipated, but were very careful not to reveal the personal advice they offered the president leading up to his decision.

Senator Graham and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., both of whom sit on the armed services committee, were critical of the new timeline announced by the White House last week. McCain told Gen. Allen his job in Afghanistan will be more challenging based on this drawdown.

"I hope I'm wrong," McCain said, but "I'm very concerned the President's decision poses unnecessary risk."

Graham said it's important to make sure the politicians who make decisions that affect the war are held accountable. "If it turns out well, we get the credit. If we've done some things to undermine the effort, then people will notice where the blame lies."

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Plagued by Gaffes and Scrutiny, Bachmann Emphasizes Campaign Message

f you look at one of our Founding Fathers, John Quincy Adams, that's absolutely true," she said on ABC's "Good Morning America." "He was a very young boy when he was with his father serving essentially as his father's secretary. He tirelessly worked throughout his life to make sure that we did in fact one day eradicate slavery..."

The fact is, as host George Stephanopoulos pointed out, John Quincy Adams was not a Founding Father; rather, he was the son of one and the sixth president of the U.S.

Pressed by NBC's Matt Lauer, Bachmann said being interrogated like this by journalists is her understanding of what it means to be "Palinized," a term that entered the political vocabulary in the wake of former Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's portrayal in the media during the presidential campaign of 2008.

"Well I think that means that there--that there will be a media onslaught of attack," she said. "But that's nothing new, that's something that goes with the territory. It doesn't matter who the candidate is. Whether they're male or female, there will be attacks that come, and that's simply what we have to be prepared to deal with, and I'm prepared."

Obama Administration Pulls the Plug on Stealth Survey of Doctors

he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Affordable Care Act and ongoing federal investments in the health care workforce have led to significant progress in training more new primary care providers - including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants," the spokesman said.

Fox News White House correspondent Mike Emanuel and producer Kimberly Schwandt contributed to this report.

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