Kerry Dismisses Rumsfeld's Apology

PHOENIX - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Friday dismissed Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's apology for U.S. abuses of Iraqi prisoners and said the responsibility lies with the commander in chief.

"The chain of command goes all the way to the Oval Office," Kerry said. "Harry Truman did not say 'the buck stops at the Pentagon.'"

Although Bush apologized on Thursday for the abuse of Iraqi prisoners and Rumsfeld apologized Friday during a session with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Kerry said they should have moved far faster. The administration had to be pressured into acknowledging its responsibility, he said.

"We need a president who understands the difference between strength and stubbornness," he said.

"We should be the leaders in condemning the appalling images of abuse, not following others who showed them to us," Kerry said. "We should be the leaders in setting a standard of behavior that we talk about in the abuse that we've seen flashing across television screens all across the world. We cannot ever succeed in Iraq (news - web sites) or anywhere else on this planet by abandoning the values that define the United States of America."

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Me Book

try this one:

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040507/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_31

stubbornness."

Great line of attack.

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Who was in charge there?

that it should stop there. Maybe at the Vice's office? With this mis-administration the buck is "desperately searching" for somewhere to stop!

Iraq-gate
Plum-gate (sp?)
Memo-gate
etc.....

whenever a huge failure occurs.

Pretty damn inconsistent line of argument.

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