Kerry, Dean in Foreign Policy spar; Clark: Republicans "heartless..."

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Howard Dean, swapping criticism of foreign policy with Democratic presidential rival John Kerry, on Monday questioned Kerry's judgment in voting against the Persian Gulf War in 1991 while supporting the 2002 resolution to invade Iraq.

"I think it should be the other way around," Dean said as he and other candidates entered the final day of campaigning before New Hampshire's leadoff primary. "Where was John Kerry when George Bush was giving out all this misinformation?"

Kerry has contended his positions were consistent, saying the vote in 2002 authorized President Bush to threaten force rather than act unilaterally. He argued that his vote in 1991 was not against using force to oust Iraq from Kuwait.

Clark was taking his campaign bus into all 10 counties in New Hampshire on Monday. At a truck stop in Lebanon, he told a woman that the Republican Party is a "heartless organization" and assured people that he had earned the respect of other nations while NATO supreme allied commander.

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