Bush, Kerry Trade National Security Barbs
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President Bush rolls up his shelves as he is introduced at a campaign rally at the Richland Center High School, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 in Richland Center, Wis.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry traded sharp accusations over Iraq and the war on terror on Monday, with Bush condemning Kerry's "strategy of retreat" and Kerry saying the administration's Iraq policy had been "hijacked by ideologues."
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Democratic rival Sen. John Kerry opened the first debate with President Bush on Thursday night promising, "I can make America safer than President Bush has made us."
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US President George W Bush highlights homeland security as polls suggest he and challenger John Kerry are neck-and-neck.
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Although a raucous debate over national security has dominated the presidential campaign, President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry differ even more sharply on how to provide better health care to more Americans.
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Democrat John Kerry sought to undercut President Bush on national security Saturday by charging that he was trying to scare voters with talk of terrorism. Bush portrayed his opponent as indecisive and suffering from "election amnesia" with conflicting stands on Iraq.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry traded attacks in New Mexico on Monday, with Bush saying Kerry fundamentally misunderstands the war on terror and Kerry charging the president favors the rich and powerful over the middle class.
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President George W. Bush said Friday the presidential race boils down to who can keep American homes safer from terrorists and contended Democrat John Kerry was not up to the task.
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President Bush on Saturday ridiculed what he called the "Kerry doctrine" as a dangerous outsourcing of America's security, seeking to poke a hole in Sen. John Kerry's debate performance with what advisers see as his rival's biggest miscue.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 13  - US presidential challenger John Kerry went on the warpath Monday seeking to shake perceptions that President George W. Bush can do a better job of keeping Americans safe.
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The first presidential debate and its focus on foreign policy and security gives both President Bush and Sen. John Kerry opportunities to dig into each other's record and patch their own weaknesses on Iraq.
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One key difference between John Kerry and George Bush often cited in the presidential campaign is how each would enlist other nations in battling terrorists.
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One week before the presidential election, Democratic Sen. John Kerry waged a two-front war on his opponentâs security policies, arguing President George Bush has failed to adequately protect America both at home and overseas.
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President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry disagreed vigorously last night as they tossed out plenty of numbers, and both demonstrated a talent for relying on facts and assertions of questionable origin.
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Democrat John Kerry has mounted a furious counter-attack against George W. Bush on national security, seeking to regain momentum in their heated presidential race two weeks before polling day.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry accused each other on Wednesday of fundamental failures of leadership and vision in Iraq and the war on terror, and claimed the world would be more dangerous with their opponent in the White House.
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President Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry stepped up a fierce campaign fight over U.S. security on Friday, with Kerry accusing Bush of irresponsible leadership for taking "his eye off the ball" in the war on terror by invading Iraq.