Bush Censure by Envoys May Be a First, Historians Say [View All]

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The statement by 27 former diplomats and military officers on Wednesday calling for the defeat of U.S. President George W. Bush may be unprecedented.

``Their prominence and seniority and influence when in their diplomatic or military posts, and their number, is really remarkable,'' said Richard Kohn, the Pentagon's chief Air Force historian from 1981-1991 and chairman of the University of North Carolina's peace, war and defense curriculum in Chapel Hill.

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U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Wednesday said the U.S. group's statement was politically motivated. ``I disagree with their point of view,'' Powell, 67, said in an interview with the Arab television channel Al-Jazeera. ``They wish to see President Bush not reelected. I do not believe that will be the judgment of the American people.''

The Bush campaign has more than 80,000 veteran and military volunteers and 49 Medal of Honor recipients who support the president, spokesman Scott Stanzel said. There are just 130 living recipients of the highest U.S. military award, according to the Web site http://www.medalofhonor.com .
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