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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 06:49 PM
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Kerry criticizes Bush’s plan for troop withdrawal in Iraq
Senator says wait-and-see approach a failed strategy


By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Wednesday, June 14, 2006

WASHINGTON — Former presidential hopeful Sen. John Kerry on Monday renewed calls for a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2006, calling operations there “a misdirection for the real war on terror.”

The comments came just a day after the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. George Casey, hinted at the possibility of troop drawdowns over the next six months, if progress with Iraq’s new government and security forces continue.

President Bush on Monday reacted to those comments following a strategy session at Camp David with military commanders on how to proceed in Iraq, reiterating that troops decisions “will be based upon the conditions on the ground.”

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But Kerry, D-Mass., called that wait-and-see approach a failed strategy that will only hurt the long-term odds of success for U.S. forces.

“If you agree on a schedule with the new government, you help to legitimize them and undermine the insurgency,” he said. “A continued large American presence there only delays the willingness of Iraqis to stand up for themselves.”

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His pull-out plan gained support from congressional Democrats, notably Iraq war critic Rep. John Murtha, R-Pa. Both the House and Senate are scheduled to debate the U.S. role in Iraq this week.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=37910
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beachmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 06:56 PM
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1. This story was frontpaged on AOL in a small box
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060613103109990014&ncid=NWS00010000000001

Hillary Clinton Faces Anti-War Critics
Clinton, Kerry Defend Positions on Iraq at Liberal Event
By DEVLIN BARRETT, AP

WASHINGTON (June 13) - Democrats' disagreements over Iraq were on clear display Tuesday as potential presidential candidates Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Kerry gave their versions to an emotional audience of party liberals.

Anti-war activists in the "Take Back America" crowd booed Clinton for opposing a withdrawal date for U.S. troops, an approach pushed by Kerry and cheered by the crowd.

"Sometimes this is a difficult conversation, in part because this administration has made our world more dangerous than it should be," she said.

Kerry, who was widely criticized as the party's standard-bearer in 2004 for being too cautious in his criticism of the war, said Tuesday that politicians "cannot have it both ways."

In remarks that could have been aimed at Clinton, Kerry said: "It's not enough to argue with the logistics or to argue about the details. ... It is essential to acknowledge that the war itself was a mistake. ... It was wrong, and I was wrong to vote for that Iraqi war resolution."

Kerry's speech featured some of his strongest comments to date, including a call to "end a war in Iraq that weakens the nation each and every day it goes on."



That last sentence tells me how stupid our press is. His "strongest comments to date" were uttered back in April in Boston.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-13-06 09:57 PM
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2. Yep, those were from the dissent speech
I am loving seeing the speeches take pieces of other speeches - combining in different ways. It's cool seeing some segments change while some seem to be parts he is happier with.

It's great that the first article is a military one.
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