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Mrutha introduce his plan in November, after Kerry's Path Forward speech in October. That speech is consistent with what he has always said. No permanent presence, train Iraqis and get out:

Kerry accuses Bush of ‘colossal error’ in Iraq

Bush promises not to let up in the war on terrorism

MSNBC
Updated: 11:16 a.m. ET Oct. 1, 2004

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry assailed President Bush’s prosecution of the war in Iraq in the first presidential debate Thursday night, accusing the president of “a colossal error of judgment” as the candidates finally faced each other after a torrent of speeches and hostile television advertisements.

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“I will make a flat statement: The United States of America has no long-term designs on staying in Iraq,” he said. “... That’s how we’re going to win the peace, by rapidly training the Iraqis themselves.”

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But Kerry said it was Bush who was sending conflicting messages.

“He misled the American people when he said we’d go to war as a last resort,” Kerry said. “We did not go as a last resort. And most Americans know the difference.”

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“Iraq was not even close to the center of the war on terror before the president invaded it,” Kerry said, adding later, “Saddam Hussein didn’t attack us. Osama bin Laden attacked us.”


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6123725?GT1=5100

John Kerry Speaks Out on Iraq, Details Concrete Steps President Must Take to Rescue the Mission
28 June 2005 - Floor Speech


http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=230
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=231


Kerry Email on Iraq
28 June 2005
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=232


Salon: What Would Kerry Do?
28 June 2005
http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=233