John Kerry in CNN political race coverage
On Budget & Economy:
Kerry pledges 10 million new jobs & to slow outsourcing
Kerry pledged to create 10 million new jobs in four years. Kerry's proposal includes tax reform and credits to encourage job creation in the United States, an education and job training program, as well as a plan to "restore fiscal discipline and
confidence in the American economy." Kerry also called for sweeping changes in international tax law to give incentives to companies that create jobs in the United States.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Mar 26, 2004
On Energy & Oil:
Encourage fuel efficient cars & use reserves in short-term
Kerry says he would spend $10 billion over 10 years on new plants to manufacture more fuel efficient vehicles. He also would offer up to a $4,000 tax credit for people who buy advanced technology vehicles that get better mileage.
Kerry wants to divert oil being used to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the short term and bring it to market to bring down prices. And his administration would demand that oil-producing nations increase supply.
Source: CNN.com coverage
May 25, 2004
On War & Peace:
Word "atrocity" is too strong, though it reflected anger
Kerry said that his use of the word "atrocity" was "inappropriate" and that the language he had used "reflected an anger. It was honest, but it was in anger. It was a little bit excessive." He also said he never intended to cast a negative light on the
soldiers with whom he served. In 1971, Kerry also testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and recited a litany of atrocities he said had been reported to him by other soldiers.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Apr 25, 2004
On War & Peace:
Hunting Osama-not Saddam-should be priority
The invasion of Iraq was a profound diversion from the battle against our greatest enemy, al Qaeda. There's just no question about it. The president's misjudgment, miscalculation and mismanagement of the war in Iraq all make the war on terror
harder to win. George Bush made Saddam Hussein the priority. I would have made Osama bin Laden the priority, I will finish the job in Iraq and I will refocus our energies on the real war on terror.
Source: CNN.com coverage
Sep 24, 2004
On War & Peace:
Meant to bash Bush, but ending up bashing soldiers in Iraq
[The White House press secretary has criticized Kerry's comments on US soldiers as] "an absolute insult." Kerry fired back at the White House and the GOP, saying he was not disparaging U.S. soldiers. "If anyone thinks a veteran would criticize the more
than 140,000 heroes serving in Iraq and not the president who got us stuck there, they're crazy," he said. Kerry made the comments to students at Pasadena City College in California. He said: "You know, education -- if you make the most of it,
you study hard and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."
A Kerry aide said that the prepared statement, which had been designed to criticize Bush, "was mangled in delivery."
Kerry was supposed to say, "I can't overstress the importance of a great education. Do you know where you end up if you don't study, if you aren't smart, if you're intellectually lazy? You end up getting us stuck in a war in Iraq."
Source: CNN.com coverage
Nov 1, 2006
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