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

To: calgal who wrote (502977)	12/3/2003 2:20:40 PM
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GOP Chair Travels to Vermont to Attack Dean Tuesday, December 02, 2003 WASHINGTON — Republican Party Chairman Ed Gillespie (search) on Tuesday went to Vermont — Howard Dean's (search) home state — for the first time and criticized the Democratic presidential candidate for his stance on the war, comments about military pay and refusal to open his records. The Dean campaign called Gillespie's speech to be delivered at a fund-raiser at Essex Junction a "pre-emptive attack," referring to the Bush administration's policy of striking a perceived threat early to avoid problems later. "The fact that the Bush campaign is flying one of their top political operatives to attack Governor Dean in his hometown shows just how much they don't want to run against Governor Dean and his army of grassroots supporters," said Jay Carson, a spokesman for the former Vermont governor. Gillespie said Dean incorrectly asserted President Bush was going to cut the combat pay (search) of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. "I'm sure you'll be shocked to learn that his charge that the president was going to cut the combat pay for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan is completely at odds with all facts," Gillespie said in his prepared remarks. A military spending authorization bill Bush signed last week includes pay raises for military members averaging 4.1 percent. It includes increases in combat and family separation pay. Gillespie also challenged Dean to open the one-third of his gubernatorial papers that are under seal for a decade. "I'm sure that when Dr. Dean learns that President Bush's public papers as governor are now unsealed, he will be good to his word and unseal the papers of his governorship as well," Gillespie said. Dean had said this week, "I'll unseal mine, if he'll unseal his." Bush's gubernatorial documents are in the custody of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. Most are open under Texas public-record laws. Dean campaign aides say some of his records were sealed to protect individuals' privacy and some of Bush's records are sealed for the same reason. foxnews.com