Virtually the only political business of the convention's 2 1/2-hour session was approval of a platform that sidestepped the Iraq War, one of the key issues in the campaign between McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. caching shirker?aviator rubble?hoop Credit The Republican convention opens four days after Obama concluded the Democratic convention with an acceptance speech before 75,000 flag-waving supporters in a Denver football stadium.

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