Kerry attacks Bush for living in 'world of spin'

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/elect/cst-nws-kerry171.html

LAS VEGAS -- Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Thursday accused President Bush of failing to tell the truth about the situation in Iraq as the country falls into more violence and chaos with each passing day.

''His own intelligence officials have warned him for weeks that the mission in Iraq is in serious trouble,'' Kerry told National Guard veterans. ''That is the truth, as hard as it is to bear. . . . I believe you deserve a president who isn't going to gild that truth or gild our national security with politics, who is not going to ignore his own intelligence, who isn't going to live in a different world of spin.'' snip

Bush also faced tough assessments of Iraq from quarters that typically would echo the commander in chief. The head of the Army Reserve said his force of part-time soldiers has yet to fully adapt to the demands of a global war on terrorism. And a Republican senator, Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, said the situation in Iraq is deteriorating.

''The worst thing we can do is hold ourselves hostage to some grand illusion that we're winning,'' said Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran. ''Right now we're not winning. Things are getting worse.''

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