John Kerry: “The president shifted the focus from the real enemy, al Qaeda 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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Kerry criticizes the president for misdirecting attention from al Qaeda to Iraq.

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