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Lockhart Statement on Reports that U.S. Troops Were Not Ordered to Search Al Qaqaa

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To: National Desk, Political Reporter


Contact: Chad Clanton or Phil Singer, 202-464-2800, both of Kerry-Edwards 2004


WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Kerry-Edwards senior advisor Joe Lockhart released the following statement today:


"George Bush (news - web sites) has staked his re-election on his credentials as a war President; but that record is a failed litany of one catastrophic mistake after another.


"In an effort to cover up its latest display of incompetence, the White House desperately suggests that the missing explosives were removed by Saddam before the U.S. military passed through the Al Qaqaa site, arguing that the soldiers moving through the facility had not found any of the explosives. Like so many other White House excuses, this assertion has now been turned on its head.


"Now we know that the commander of these troops made very clear that his unit's sole mission was to rush to Baghdad despite specific warnings about this facility. The fact that White House officials, including the Vice President, continue to manipulate the truth about what happened with regard to these explosives is cause for grave concern.

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