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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

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Kerry: More Troops Needed in Iraq Tue Jul 8, 9:49 PM ET By JOE MAGRUDER, Associated Press Writer CONCORD, N.H. - More international troops are needed in Iraq (news - web sites) to "win the peace," a task American soldiers there now are not well trained for, Sen. John Kerry (news, bio, voting record) said Wednesday. Asked at a campaign stop what he would do about Iraq if he were president today, the Democratic presidential hopeful said he would promptly go to NATO (news - web sites) and the United Nations (news - web sites) to get troops from other nations involved in the pacification and rebuilding effort. Unlike President Bush (news - web sites), "I wouldn't have the prideful problem of doing that," Kerry said, a reference to the administration's strained relations with allies such as France and Germany during the buildup to the war. "You need to get other troops in there on the ground in order to minimize the sense of American occupation and minimize the danger to American soldiers," Kerry said. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said in an interview Tuesday with CNBC that there are now "some 43 countries that are talking to us about various size deployments" in Iraq. Kerry spoke to a supportive crowd of about 150 at a reception at a home. On a sweltering evening, he stood on the front porch as the crowd on the lawn spilled out into the street. He said estimates vary, but there are about 146,000 U.S. troops trying to bring order to postwar Iraq. "They need more troops to do this," he said, referring to international forces. "One hundred forty-six thousand ... is not adequate." He defended his vote before the war to give the president authority to use force in Iraq if necessary. "I believe that I voted absolutely correctly," he said. But he said Bush failed to plan well enough for the task facing U.S. soldiers after they toppled the Iraqi regime. "I don't see that plan in place," he said. The Massachusetts senator brushed off a suggestion that Bush is riding high despite problems at home and abroad. Kerry said it's early in the campaign and there are plenty of signs of discontent with Bush. He said the key to winning next year is mobilizing. "I'm asking you to join me in a street army, in a crusade," he said.