Kerry: Bush Needs U.N. Help in Iraq Plan
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON -
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry (news - web sites) said Monday that President Bush (news - web sites) has stubbornly refused to address the chaos in Iraq (news - web sites) and questioned Bush's adherence to the deadline for ending the U.S. occupation.
The four-term Massachusetts senator was reacting to Bush's statement that he is committed to ending the U.S. occupation and transferring power to the Iraqis by June 30, despite calls for the deadline to be extended because of continued violence.
"The measurement is stability, not the date," Kerry said. "You should not have a date that has anything whatsoever to do with the election in the United States of America"
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"The administration really seems to be stubbornly refusing to do what's necessary to avoid the kind of disintegration that's taking place, and now we see continued violence," Kerry told reporters.<
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