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X h Iowa caucuses art slated for V XJan 19T the New Hampshire ::i-follows eight days other states will vote' on Feb 3in the first X multistate contest of the nomi- : nating season With American troops being X killed at the rate of roughly one a day since the end of v major combat operatioivs in Iraq and public opinion polls showing eroding support for the president postwar policy dominated the debate Lieberman an early and aggressive proponent of the ' war said Clark had taken “six different positions on whether ' going to war was a good idea It took him four days to decide” his position on Bush’s recent call for $87 billion in aid to Iraq and Afghanistan the Connecticut senator y mm -- dQMOIE) Ery qQMID - added Clark said he had been “entirely consistent” in opposing the war Lieberman also accused several of his rivals for being inconsistent by voting to support the war yet opposing Bush’s request for postwar Girls’ funding Kerry rebutted that charge by invoking his service in the Vietnam War Addressing Lieberman he said he had “seared into rnean experience you don’t have and that is being one of the troops on the front line when the policy has gone wrong” The Massachusetts senator ' wasn’t the only one to stress his military experience Clark a retired four-stgeneral said after fighting in Vietnam he “came home on a stretcher” That alone was noteworthy in a debate among Democrats Public opinion has long shown that voters prefer Republicans to Democrats on ar $ DRESSES Infants' & Newborn PLAYWEAR SETS SALE DISCOUNTS TAKEN AT REGISTER miBtiandlM If SELECTED unteH oltiwwtM noted Solacflon vtrtet by atora Limited to Mock on hand Bade' nwrctancfiM Is not Indudad Son w cannot areopl phona or mal ontora on daamnoa marehandto AN ii um OMfre nNMteyateafw paaaDHMEipriti CndtAMML' mi ui eir wy wiiwMbms fm ' - Om CM I ' Ml ii Praam a rVMPMflW hftflraniMeniM "ii ! |
