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  • (President) Bush campaign criticizes Kerry's opposition to forest policy

    06/30/2004 6:45:05 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 331+ views
    Bakersfield Californian ^ | 6/30/04 | Scott Sonner - AP
    RENO, Nev. (AP) - Sen. John Kerry's criticism of increasing logging in national forests to ease wildfire threats shows how badly his brand of environmentalism is out of step with most Westerners, the Bush-Cheney campaign said Wednesday. Kerry's campaign countered that the Bush administration's forest policy is aimed more at bolstering timber industry profits than protecting communities from fires. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said President Bush has failed to provide money necessary to remove small trees and underbrush that has built up near communities in the Sierra and around Lake Tahoe. "I thought the president would live up to his...