Kerry, Edwards Focus on War, Security (NPR interview)

[papau]

Senator Kerry talked foreign policy with Steve Inskeep this morning on NPR's "Morning Edition," pledging to significantly reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq within one year, as opposed to his earlier statements that he would do so by the end of his first term. "I believe that within a year from now we can significantly reduce American forces in Iraq," Kerry said. LINK The Senator also said he would scrap the color-coded terror warning system and replace it with a better way to inform the public about threats.

http://www.npr.org/display_pages/features/feature_3822655.html?place=home01

Kerry, Edwards Focus on War, Security
In Interview, Democrats Seek 'Fresh Start' in Iraq, at Home

Aug. 6, 2004 -- As Sen. John Kerry and Sen. John Edwards campaigned in Missouri Thursday, NPR's Steve Inskeep rode along for an up-close look at the Democratic effort to retake the White House.

The candidates sat for a joint interview that focused on the situation in Iraq, security at home, and a recent ad from a Republican group that questions details of Kerry's service in Vietnam.

On Iraq, Kerry lays out his plan to ease U.S. military involvement by increasing international involvement and appointing a high commissioner to act as a liaison with Iraq.

"I believe that within a year from now we can significantly reduce American forces in Iraq," Kerry tells Inskeep.<snip>

[Bertha Venation]

1. Next to Kerry's convention speech, this interview has given me

more hope than I feel it's safe to have.

This was a terrific spot on NPR this morning. I hope to God that many, many undecideds paid attention.