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599 posted on 05/24/2004 5:39:17 PM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Hours before President Bush delivered a major speech detailing his blueprint for the future of Iraq, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright joined House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to sharply criticize Bush for a poorly executed war strategy that has cost American lives and degraded the United States' reputation abroad.

"When I was Secretary of State, I said I had all my partisan instincts surgically removed," Albright said at a press conference launching a Democratic effort to elect women to Congress and encourage women to vote. "They have really grown back, because I have never seen the United States in a more difficult position -- I am appalled at how we are viewed internationally now."

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"I think we have to have something beyond 'we are going to turn something over to somebody' on June 30," Albright said.

A defiant Pelosi, who came under fire from Republicans last week, stood firmly by her comments about Bush, which she said she made on behalf of the troops.

"What I said was he didn't have judgment, he didn't have knowledge and he didn't have experience," she said. "Our troops are paying the price with their lives, our taxpayers are paying the price with their dollars and our reputation internationally is paying its price."

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Pelosi and Albright were joined at the news conference by Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and former Texas Gov. Ann Richards, who lost her office to Bush in 1994.

"It is time for the women of America to stand up now and assume the responsibility one more time and clean up the mess that these men have made," Richards said.


638 posted on 05/24/2004 5:42:30 PM PDT by kcvl
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