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John Kerry: The president shifted the focus from the real enemy, al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, to an enemy that they aggrandized and…

On the recordOctober 6, 2004
The president shifted the focus from the real enemy, al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden, to an enemy that they aggrandized and fictionalized.
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John Kerry
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Kerry criticizes the president for misdirecting attention from al Qaeda to Iraq.

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