Bad Iraq Intelligence Cost Lives, Democrats Say

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By Adam Nagoury and Jodi (The Bitch) Wilgoren



ALBUQUERQUE, July 10 — Senator John Kerry and Senator John Edwards declared on Friday that slipshod intelligence invoked by President Bush to invade Iraq had cost the nation lives, billions of dollars and international prestige, signaling that the Iraq war would be a central issue in their White House campaign.

The presumptive Democratic candidates for president and vice president, in a 30-minute joint interview given after the release of a Senate Intelligence Committee report challenging the prewar Iraq intelligence, said Mr. Bush's policies abroad had probably increased, rather than decreased, the prospects of domestic terrorist attacks.
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The interview was part of a meticulously orchestrated news media rollout of the Democratic ticket. It was one of at least nine joint interviews Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards have conducted in the past few days with newspapers, news services and magazines, all embargoed for a Sunday release that would coincide with the pair's appearance on the CBS News program "60 Minutes."

Most of the interviews were capped at 20 minutes ("We have one minute left," Mr. Kerry's communications director announced, as Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards bantered away). Photographers were not allowed to take make pictures of the men as they talked. Both had their ties loosened; Mr. Kerry had shed his shoes.

http://nytimes.com/2004/07/11/politics/campaign/11TICKET.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=

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1. Good...glad to see this issue addressed by the Kerry/Edwards team.

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2. Guess Both Are Attorneys

The Protestor(Prez) and the Attorney(VP)

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3. They have to hammer Bush on the conduct of the war

It's a winner if they frame the debate correctly.

They have to ask how can we trust * to wage the war on terror when they can't even finish the job in Iraq.