Kerry Criticizes Bush on Foreign Relations
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By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer
PALM BEACH, Fla. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) on Monday criticized President Bush (news - web sites)'s ability to build international relations and continued to call for bringing more countries into the effort to stabilize Iraq (news - web sites).
"Every president of the last century did a better job than this president" in building relationships with other nations, Kerry said during a breakfast where he raised $250,000 for his campaign. "I know I can make America stronger, safer and more secure."
One of Kerry's former rivals for the nomination, Sen. Joe Lieberman (news - web sites), D-Conn., was joining Kerry for a rally at Palm Beach before Kerry took his campaign to Atlanta. Lieberman is likely to play an important role in Kerry's bid to win the state that decided the 2000 election for Bush, largely because he has a strong following in Florida's Jewish community.
During a noisy rally before thousands of students at the University of Miami on Sunday, Kerry accused Bush of misleading not only the country but "even members of his own administration about what he was planning to do in Iraq."
"The American people, with respect to issues of war and peace, are owed the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth," he said.
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