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On the recordJuly 13, 2004
John Edwards' remarkable distortion of the Butler report was the latest example of the Kerry campaign's flailing and desperate attempt to distract from their troubling record of voting for the use of force in Iraq.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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President Bush accused John Edwards of distorting a British intelligence report to distract from the Kerry campaign's record.

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