Bush rips Kerry as aides downplay Iraq explosives flap
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US President George W. Bush ripped Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's &quot;strategy of pessimism and retreat&quot; in Iraq, as aides sought to defuse questions about vanished explosives there.
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President Bush drew startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration.
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WACO, Texas - President George W. Bush opened several new scathing lines of attack against Democrat John Kerry, charges that twisted his rival&#39;s words on Iraq and made Kerry seem supportive of deposed dictator Saddam Hussein.
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President Bush returned Democrat John Kerry's fire on a missing Iraqi weapons cache Wednesday, accusing his rival of rushing to judgment before all the facts were known and "denigrating the commanders" leading U.S. forces.
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Democratic hopeful John Kerry Monday branded President George W. Bush's administration arrogant, blind, incompetent and guilty of &quot;great blunders&quot; after the disappearance of 380 tonnes of high explosives in Iraq.
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US President George W. Bush assailed Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's pledge, if elected, to slash US troop levels in Iraq by next August.
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The White House played down the loss of 350 tonnes of high explosives in Iraq which Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry said was proof of the administration's &quot;blunders.&quot;
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President Bush returned Democrat John Kerry&#39;s fire on a missing Iraqi weapons cache Wednesday, accusing his rival of rushing to judgment before all the facts were known.
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry attacked  President Bush's "shifting explanations" on missing explosives  in Iraq on Thursday, but Bush said Kerry lacked the conviction  and consistency to lead the nation at a time of war.
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President George W. Bush branded Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry the &quot;wrong man for the wrong job&quot; and warned that the senator risked emboldening US enemies in Iraq and elsewhere.
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Democratic presidential contender John Kerry accused President George W. Bush's administration of abandoning its responsibilities in Iraq as the two rivals intensified attacks ahead of the US election.
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DOVER, N.H.  - Democratic challenger John Kerry  accused President Bush on Monday of committing "one of the  greatest blunders" of his administration in failing to secure  tons of explosives in Iraq and said the Republican incumbent  did not deserve to be commander in chief.
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Democratic challenger John Kerry ripped into President Bush on Thursday for a pattern of deception on Iraq and said his Republican rival was one of "the last two people on the planet who won't face the truth."
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Democratic challenger John Kerry unleashed a new attack on President George W. Bush, over a huge cache of deadly high explosives missing in Iraq.
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Democrat John Kerry turned up his criticism of President Bush's leadership in Iraq on Monday, accusing him of "colossal failures of judgment" that have turned the country into a haven for terrorists and made America more vulnerable.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo.  - Democratic challenger John  Kerry ripped into President Bush on Thursday for a pattern of  deception on Iraq and said his Republican rival was one of "the  last two people on the planet who won't face the truth."
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LITITZ, Pa.  - President Bush said on Wednesday  380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq might have vanished  prior to the arrival of U.S. forces and he blasted Democrat  John Kerry for making a campaign issue out of it.