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November 30, 2005

Chafee: Bush's speech a step to restoring credibility

PROVIDENCE -- U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said President Bush's speech on Iraq was a positive first step to overcome what he called "canyon-sized cracks" in the administration's credibility, but said the president needs to offer honest and factual specifics about the war.

"The American people are going to want to hear these facts to judge our success," the Rhode Island Republican said during a telephone interview about Bush's address on the war this morning at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Chafee, whose late father, U.S. Sen. John H. Chafee, was at one time secretary of the Navy, is the only GOP in the state's congressional delegation.

-- Associated Press reports

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