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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Thursday, September 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
Kerry Addresses the Guard
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John Kerry addressed the National Guard Association today, accusing President Bush of not being truthful with the American people. Kerry said that the situation in Iraq is deteriorating but the President is “living in a fantasy world of spin” by making it sound as if everything is going well.

Hear an excerpt of John Kerry’s speech to the National Guard Association in Las Vegas.

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Listener comments

  • Folks,

    Help! Where is the Marcia Angell interview? It followed a Kerry speech. The old link just brings up the Kerry exerpt. My students really like that interview, and now they are asking me where it is? It was live last week, but no longer. Can you please restore it? Thanks!

    Rohn Butterfield
    Instructor
    University of Southern Indiana

    Posted by Rohn Butterfield, on October 7th, 2008 at 2:22 pm EDT
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