http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040919/ap_on_el_pr/kerry&cid=694&ncid=1480WASHINGTON - Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) links the cost of the Iraq (news - web sites) war to problems at home and vows in a new television ad to both "defend America and fight for the middle class."
"200 billion dollars. That's what we are spending in Iraq because George Bush (news - web sites) chose to go it alone," Kerry says in the ad, to start airing Monday in 13 competitive states where he is on the air. "Now the president tells us we don't have the resources to take care of health care and education here at home. That's wrong."
Suggesting that Bush ignored domestic ills while focusing on the war abroad, Kerry says: "As president, I'll stop at nothing to get the terrorists before they get us. But I'll also fight to build a stronger middle class."
The $200 billion estimate reflects the campaign's calculation of funds already spent on combat and reconstruction in Iraq, and money anticipated to be spent through next summer, based on congressional reports. The war has cost about $120 billion, according to the White House Office of Budget and Management.
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