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October 9, 2003 DEMOCRAT DEBATE FACT CHECK Democrats Gather In Phoenix To Pander, Mislead And Get The Facts Wrong ______________________________________________ CLARK ON MILITARY FAMILIES Clark Claims: Clark Claims Military Personnel Do Better Under Democrat Administrations. “I think there’s a fundamental difference between Republicans and Democrats on this issue, because it’s simply true, the Republicans do like weapon systems and Democrats like people. And so, I can tell you, and I would speak for anybody up here, when we take this government back in 2005, we’re going to look after pay.” (Wesley Clark, CNN’s Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)...

Democrats uniting behind criticism of Bush on IraqJuly 10 — John Kerry and other Democratic candidates accused the president of misleading the country on Iraq. NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reports. NBC, MSNBC AND NEWS SERVICES WASHINGTON, July 10 —  Two Democratic presidential candidates seized on the administration’s admissions that the U.S. presence in Iraq could be longer and costlier than expected to accuse President Bush of misleading the public Thursday, signaling that Democrats could be uniting behind an issue that until now had caused the sharpest divisions among the president’s challengers. [More excerpts below]       THE ACCUSATIONS, by Sens....