Bush, Kerry Debate Foreign Policy Goals
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Sen. John Kerry (left) and President Bush sparred over Iraq and other foreign policy issues Thursday in the first of three presidential debates.
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry discuss leadership and America's standing in the world as they meet on the University of Miami campus in the key electoral state of Florida for the first of three presidential debates.
U.S. policy in Iraq and the war on terrorism dominated a discussion of foreign policy issues moderated by Jim Lehrer of PBS.
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