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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry vowed Sunday to drastically reduce US troops around the world if he wins the November election, withdrawing forces from Iraq, and possibly Korea and Europe.
"I will have a significant, enormous reduction in the level of troops" in Iraq, Kerry told ABC television's "This Week" program.
"We will probably have a continued presence of some kind, certainly in the region."
He added that force reductions in Iraq would be just a start.
"If the diplomacy that I believe can be put in place can work, I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops not just there but elsewhere in the world, in the Korean peninsula, perhaps, in Europe, perhaps," the Massachusetts senator said in a series of US television interviews.
Kerry, who made his remarks amid lingering controversy over the Iraq invasion, said that, troop reductions notwithstanding, he would be a strong leader on defense issues.
"I know how to defend America. I know how to make our country strong. I was willing to put myself on the line for it once. And as president, I will defend this nation," Kerry said.
Security was a key them at last week's Democratic party in Boston which formally tapped him as the party's presiential candidate.
"I will not hesitate to use force wherever necessary, with swiftness and certainty, in order to protect America," Kerry said.
http://www.spacewar.com/2004/040801145739.phb234fu.html
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry vowed Sunday to drastically reduce US troops around the world if he wins the November election, withdrawing forces from Iraq, and possibly Korea and Europe.
"I will have a significant, enormous reduction in the level of troops" in Iraq, Kerry told ABC television's "This Week" program.
"We will probably have a continued presence of some kind, certainly in the region."
He added that force reductions in Iraq would be just a start.
"If the diplomacy that I believe can be put in place can work, I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops not just there but elsewhere in the world, in the Korean peninsula, perhaps, in Europe, perhaps," the Massachusetts senator said in a series of US television interviews.
Kerry, who made his remarks amid lingering controversy over the Iraq invasion, said that, troop reductions notwithstanding, he would be a strong leader on defense issues.
"I know how to defend America. I know how to make our country strong. I was willing to put myself on the line for it once. And as president, I will defend this nation," Kerry said.
Security was a key them at last week's Democratic party in Boston which formally tapped him as the party's presiential candidate.
"I will not hesitate to use force wherever necessary, with swiftness and certainty, in order to protect America," Kerry said.