National Security Leaders Campaign for John Kerry in New Hampshire

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http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0113b.html

National Security Leaders Campaign for John Kerry in New Hampshire
Military Leaders and Veterans Tout Kerry


January  13,  2004

For Immediate Release


MANCHESTER, NH –John Kerry’s Presidential Campaign announced today that United States Generals, national security experts, and veterans will be campaigning throughout this week in New Hampshire for Kerry. Lt. General Claudia Kennedy (Ret.), Brigadier General Stephen Cheney (Ret.), Former Assistant Secretary of State Rand Beers, Former Ambassador Joe Wilson, Governor Jeanne Shaheen, foreign policy expert Nancy Stetson and dozens of veterans will lead a three-day campaign swing in New Hampshire, because they believe John Kerry is the best candidate to take on George Bush on national security issues.

Today, Lt. General Claudia Kennedy (ret.), the highest ranking woman in the U.S. Army, will join Governor Jeanne Shaheen to host a “Women’s Voices on the Trail” discussion in Manchester on pressing issues facing women, and will highlight John Kerry’s lifetime advocacy for women and families.

On Wednesday, Beers, Cheney, Wilson and Stetson will lead a forum on important national security issues and discuss John Kerry’s foreign policy experience and homeland security record.

On Thursday, Kerry’s “Veterans Brigade” will make several New Hampshire stops on their way to Iowa. The Veterans Brigade, a busload of Massachusetts veterans supporting John Kerry for President, will stop at the VA Hospital in Manchester, Liberty House Veterans Shelter, and speak with undecided veterans across the state. Veterans are backing John Kerry because they know as President, John Kerry will provide mandatory funding for veterans health care, grant full concurrent receipt to disabled veterans, fairly compensate soldiers and their families for their service, reduce the strain of the military by increasing active-duty troops and streamline the Veterans Administration to make it more responsive.

The Veterans will also host a screening of the new documentary, Brothers in Arms. The film that tells the story of the unique friendship forged by John Kerry and his five crewmates on a swift boat in the Mekong Delta in 1969 during some of the worst fighting of Vietnam War.

Lt. General Claudia Kennedy held a variety of command and staff positions throughout her career, including Commander, 3d Operations Battalion, U.S. Army Field Station Augsburg, Germany; Commander, San Antonio Recruiting Battalion, U.S. Army Recruiting Command; and Commander, 703d Military intelligence Brigade, Field Station Kunia, Hawaii. Brigadier General Stephen A. Cheney, USMC (Ret) retired from active duty in 2001 following a tour as the Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot/Eastern Recruiting Region, Parris Island, South Carolina from June 1999 through June 2001.

Rand Beers, formerly President Bush's special assistant for combating terrorism, is now a counselor to Kerry on national security.  Ambassador Joe Wilson served a distinguished career as a diplomat for more than twenty years. He was the acting U.S. ambassador in Iraq during Operation Desert Shield and the last U.S. official to meet with Saddam Hussein before the first Gulf War. He was assigned in 2002 by Vice President Dick Cheney to investigate claims that Iraq was trying to buy Uranium for Niger. Governor Jeanne Shaheen is the former governor of New Hampshire and the Granite State’s most popular Democrat. She is Chairwoman of John Kerry’s Presidential Campaign. Nancy Stetson is John Kerry’s chief foreign policy aide. She is best known as an Asia expert and helped Kerry develop his
policy on Vietnam.

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1. This is an issue that Kerry TRUMPS BushInc. completely.

Kerry is the guy who WROTE THE BOOK alerting on terror, its funding and its roots back in 1997, The New War, but Bush didn't read it. Hart is the guy who wrote the terror report that Bush didn't read. Beers and Wilson know the inside failures and coverups of BushInc.

This HAS to be the team that takes on BushInc. Think twice and do NOT silence this team that BushInc. wants OFF the national stage. This is the team to take them on in the General Election.

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2. Kerry is a lifelong Dem who can go toe to toe with Bush on Nat. Security

We need to defeat the myth that Dems are weak on defense. John Kerry is a liberal who has demonstrated courage and committment through his military service, whose long years on the Senate Foreign Relations have given him a breadth and depth of knowledge in international affairs the other candidates don't have.

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3. Some heavy hitters to attend Wesnesday's forum on national security.