Show A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday November 25 2003 9 Nation I L Bush signs defense ©©foaQft® g) WM? bill pays tribute to Gephardt Kerry take shots at women servicemen Dean policies on his speech he went through a at the mess hall picking fried chicken and corn on the cob and sat dow n w ith aNnil 11X1 soldiers Earlier Monday Hush signed a VU) I bill ion defense authorization bill and said " America military is standing between bur country and grave danger" Fort Carson has lost 28 sol- diers in Iraq Bush was meet- stuid for” I before ing privately with nearly UX) relatives of the victims- - Four hundreds of sol the yiclims were among the of cheering diers and fami--lb soldiers killed Nov 2 when a helicopter was shot down in members in the dangerous Sunni Triangle an aircraft near Fallujah Iraq Fort Car hangar at this 'son has sent 2IXX) troops' to Army base Bush home to 28 soIraq its largest deployment ' since World War 11 ldier s ho lia e died in lrai ceremoAt the since Hash deckired major coni' Nit over on May ny at the Pentagon earlier in (lie day Bush said US forces The soldiers and their fami- are facing "a great and hislies are sacrificing for toric task" to confront and and tolerance "democracy defeat terrorists' the rights iind dignity of every “The stakes for our country people" Hush said adding: could not be higher" the pres‘‘The United States of Ameriident said "We face enemies ca will not be intimidated by a that measure their progress by ' bunch of thugs" the chaos they inflict the fear Bush stopped at the military base en route to a week long’ they spread and the innocent lives they destroy" stav at his Texas ranch Before FORT CARSON Colo lAI) I’residcnt Kush paid tribute to the sacrifices of US troops in Iraq on Monday telling sol- diers and relatives at a hard-h- it military Kise that "you bring great pride to the people of the United States of America" Hush said the war is Iraq is making America safer "from terrorists who'- hale a hat we Medicare Iraq DES MOINES lowa(AP) - IX'inocral Dick Gephardt cafeteria line 7- ' K ' ' bill-signi- 1 IRS auditing National Education Association not be silenced" by the audit or complaints from a conserv1' ative foundation that it has wrongly engaged in political 'activities without disclosing ' ' them ' Union members "have a right tope involved in poli- ties Oiirorganiation will not hack down in the face of 'those 'who want to bully us out of iiurrights as Americans" : Weaver said' likca Medicare GOP-pushe- d ' prescription drug bill pending 'and found much in Congress to criticize in President Bush's foreign policy IXan found hinisclf on the defensive V Both Gephardt and Sen John Kerry launched rhetorical broadsides against the front- runner and Dean and Gephardt engaged iti the sharpest exchanges When Gephardt of Missouri accused IXun of fry- ing to balance his slate's bud- get hy cutting vital Services to the needy Dpan snapped back that Gephardt “is a good guy hut his research folks need a little help" And after Dean sharply attacked Gephardt for support- ! ing the 2(X)2 resolution uutho- riing President Bush to go to ' war in Iraq Gephardt shot back: "Howard I think you're all over the lot on this one" Gephardt suggested that Dean had eariieryoiecd sup- - : ' and rival Howard Dean inten- silled their war of words in the party's presidential debate Monday squabbling over Iraq Medicare and the record as governor of Vermont Although the eight Democ- ratie hopeluls'purticiputing in debate agreed they did hot front-run--ner- !s 1 WASHINGTON lAP)- rThe JkS hasbegdn auditing the National Education Asso- - 7I7(q§ AP photo Democratic presidential candidate former Gen Wesley Clark center speaks as fellow candidates Rep Dick Gephardt left and Rev Al Sharpton right look on during the MSNBC Democratic Presidential Debate on Monday in Des Moines Iowa port for Nth the ‘War resolu- tion and the $87 billion aid package for Iraq and ' Afghanistan The two-hodebate spon- sored hy cable channel MSNBC was the seventh since LaNir Day but the first in Iowa which holds its first-iri-tnation caucuses Jan' 19 Polls show that Dean is the : front-runnnationally In Iowa Gephardt holds a slight ' lead over Dean in one survey But the two are essentially! 1 tied in others in debate! the Early Kerry joined Gephardt in assailing Dean's statements in the ur : he er Gephardt accused IX'an who served as governor for nearly 12 years of resorting to cuts in services for the poor and disabled to try to balance ! his state's budget "He cut Medicaid he cut the prescription-dru- g program He cut funding for the blind 1990s that he would slow the growth of Medicare Democratic rivals have likened Dean's comments to those of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich R-Kerry asked Dean repeatedly whether if elected he would act to “slow the rate of : growth of Medicare" "I’d like to slow the pace of this debate” a visibly aggra- -' vated Dean responded After repeatedly dodging the question Dean declared “We will not cut Medicare in order to balance the budget" : and disabled'' Gephardt said He said that Dean cut services for the "most vulnerable" people Dean denied Gephiirdt's charge that he had cut the slate’s Medicaid program and suggested that his rival had : - exaggerated his record ! ' cialioivwhichliasalKcaied millions of dollars to elect ' bn tax forms that ifdites not spend union dues on polities ' ' While promising coopera- tion the president of the nut inn 's largest teachers' union is also pledging to "vig-- 1 ' The NEAhas orously defend our constitu- status as a union but mast tional right to speak to our members about the role of !' report political expenses 7 '’direct and indirect" on its'iax'-returpolitics in public education" Some of those expens- -' NEA sptvkeswoman ktith- - ::s Vleen Lyons said Monday the 7 es could becortsidered taxable: audit beganlast week‘"If Will hy the 1RST he IRS defines a bea complete thorough political expense us "one audit" she said ‘The IRS hits S intended to influence the " ! nbl selectibnnomihation election singled (uil any particular ' orappointmcnl ofuiryonelp a' aspect of nur’aclivilics" But Reg Weaver (heunion's federal slate br iocul public office'-'president said the "NBA will w pl T - ’ - Union to stop delivering goods to California stores EL MONTE Calif (AP) — The Teamsters union said Monday its members will ' stop delivering groceries to three Southern California supermarket chains where grocery clerks have been on Strike or been locked out for more than a month 'The move effectively shuts off supplies to Vons Ralphs "and Albertsons Stores during the critical Thanksgiving shopping Week The action taken after the striking clerks moved to expand their picket lines to' regional distribulioncenters JL APptlOtO was called a "silver bullet" Truplc drivers ckef in El Monte Cafif on Monday The Teamsters union by Jim Santangekvpresi- says it will stop delivering groceries to three Southern California grocery dent of Teamsters Joint chains where clerks have been on strike or been locked out for more than Council 42 in El Motile ' a month-f f : ‘lf this doesn't ehdit noth- ing will” Santungelo said of the labor dispute that began on Oct ' Teamsters have refused to cross picket lines at individ- ual stores forcing manage- merit and j j ' non-striki- workers to unload trucks’: J AboutTO (XX) grocery -workers are either bn strike against Vons or liKkccl out by : Albertsoris and Ralphs stores Effecting nearly 860 stores from San Luis Obispo ' to San Diego! 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