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

To: CYBERKEN who wrote (497339)	11/23/2003 12:24:32 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

In a speech to Republican governors at a conference in Palm Beach County, Mehlman spoke at length about Bush's response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He said the administration had dismantled terrorist cells in Detroit, Seattle, Portland, Ore., Tampa, Fla., Buffalo, N.Y., and northern Virginia; filed criminal charges against 286 people; and detained more than 3,000 suspects in 90 countries. "As long as George W. Bush is president, the front lines of the war on terror will be Baghdad and Kandahar, not Boston and Kansas City," Mehlman said. He went on to accuse unnamed Democrats of trying to "weaken the very laws that bring terrorists to justice." "When liberty's survival is threatened by terrorists in Iraq and elsewhere, our leading critics offer weakness and vacillation," he said. "Instead of support, they would cut and run." While touching on tax cuts and other issues, Mehlman made war and terrorism the centerpiece of his campaign overview for 2004. "Eleven months from now, we will choose between victory in Iraq or insecurity in America," he said. "Eleven months from now, we will choose between more money in the pockets of America's families or more money in the coffers of the federal government in Washington. And 11 months from now, we will choose between a leader of principle or a politician of protest, of pandering and of pessimism." latimes.com