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  • Kerry promise on Iraq rings of Nixon 'secret plan'

    08/03/2004 8:58:24 AM PDT · by kattracks · 17 replies · 466+ views
    Union Leader ^ | 8/02/04 | RON FOURNIER
    WASHINGTON - John Kerry says he can "put a deal together" as president to drastically reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq, a pledge reminiscent of Richard Nixon's secret plan to end the Vietnam War and Dwight D. Eisenhower's promise to stop fighting in Korea.Like those Republican presidential candidates, the Democrat's blueprint for peace lacks detail and has critics squawking.With voters skittish about the death toll in Iraq, Kerry is pinning blame on President Bush and his shaky relationships with allies who have refused to support U.S. troops with soldiers of their own. The four-term Massachusetts senator suggests he has back-channel...