(COMTEX) A: Cheney slams Kerry on national security ( United Press International )
SIMI VALLEY, Calif., Mar 17, 2004 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Vice President Cheney, in a speech Wednesday at the Reagan Presidential Library in California, said President Bush is stronger on defense than rival John Kerry.
He said that the U.S. invasion of Iraq has made the world a safer place, touted the recent surrender of Libya's weapons of mass destruction programs and accused Kerry of failing to support the needs of the military.
Crossing into the political debate during his remarks on national security, Cheney said, "the American people will have a clear choice in the election of 2004 -- at least as clear as any since the election of 1984."
During an event earlier in Washington to announce a "Military Family Bill of Rights," Kerry vowed that as president he "will not hesitate to use force when it is needed to wage and win the war on terror," while decrying the current administration's "failed policies" in Iraq.
He was joined by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former Secretary of Defense William Perry.
Copyright 2004 by United Press International.
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