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

To: Ish who wrote (562006)	4/8/2004 5:28:54 PM
From: Rainy_Day_Woman	Respond to of 769670

especially after this opening remarks: Let me say at the beginning I'm very impressed, and indeed I'd go as far as to say moved by your story, the story of your life and what you've accomplished. It's quite extraordinary. [and who wouldn't?] And I want to say at the outset that, notwithstanding perhaps the tone of some of my questions, I'm not sure had I been in your position or Sandy Berger's position or President Bush or President Clinton's position that I would have done things differently. I simply don't know. [admitting he doesn't know] But the line of questioning will suggest that I'm trying to ascertain why things weren't done differently. [an understatement] then this exchange: RICE: I'm aware, Mr. Kerrey, of a speech that you gave at that time that said that perhaps the best thing that we could do to respond to the Cole and to the memories was to do something about the threat of Saddam Hussein. That's a strategic view ... (APPLAUSE) And we took a strategic view. We didn't take a tactical view. I mean, it was really - quite frankly, I was blown away when I read the speech, because it's a brilliant speech. It talks about really ... (LAUGHTER) ... an asymmetric ... KERREY: I presume you read it in the last few days? RICE: Oh no, I read it quite a bit before that. It's an asymmetric approach. Now, you can decide that every time al-Qaida ... KERREY: So you're saying that you didn't have a military response against the Cole because of my speech? RICE: I'm saying, I'm saying ... (LAUGHTER) RICE: No. KERREY: That had I not given that speech you would have attacked them? RICE: No, I'm just saying that I think it was a brilliant way to think about it. KERREY: I think it's ... RICE: It was a way of thinking about it strategically, not tactically. But if I may answer the question that you've asked me. [undone by his own speech [which I am looking for]] Dr. Rice is a highly intelligent woman who hasn't and didn't lower herself to the finger pointing we've seen out of Clarke