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November 30, 2005

Kennedy adds his criticism of Bush's speech

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has joined his fellow R.I. Democratic congressmen in criticizing President Bush today for failing to give the American people more detailed information during his speech this morning on Iraq.

"The president once again failed to take an opportunity to level with the American people," Kennedy said in a news release. "His 'strategy for victory' appears to be more of a public relations campaign to justify why this administration wants to stay the course, elaborating on the same familiar talking points: 'We'll stand down as they stand up,' and, of course, the blind insistence that we're making progress but victory takes time."

"The truth is, the administration has no real answers for the questions so many Americans are asking. Again, the president declined to offer an explanation for how we stop this insurgency that is only growing more virulent every day. He has failed to answer the troubling questions about why so few Iraqi troops are prepared to take over security and why disturbing accounts of atrocities are on the rise."

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