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Sen. Intel Chief Calls on Kerry to Release Records
Newsmax.com ^ | Aug. 15, 2004 | Newsmax

Posted on 08/15/2004 11:39:56 AM PDT by NavySEAL F-16

Reprinted from NewsMax.com

Sunday, Aug. 15, 2004 12:32 a.m. EDT

Sen. Intel Chief Calls on Kerry to Release Records

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts called on Sen. John Kerry to release his Intelligence Committee attendance records on Sunday - as controversy swirled over claims that the top Democrat was mostly a no-show during important hearings.

"The easiest way out of this is for John Kerry and John Edwards to request [Committee Vice Chairman] Sen. Rockefeller and myself to release the attendance [records]," Roberts told NBC's "Meet the Press." Roberts urged that any Kerry record release should cover "not only of the public hearings, which they have rebutted, but the closed hearings," adding, "It is important, because you have to be in attendance to learn the job."

The Kerry campaign has acknowledged that the Massachusetts Democrat missed scores of public hearings, but insisted he attended "private" sessions and is a "hard-working" member of the Intelligence Committee.

Asked if the "hard-working" description was accurate, Sen. Roberts declined to back Kerry up.

"Well, 'hard-working member' is in the eyes of the beholder," he told "Meet the Press."

A Bush Cheney campaign commercial set to debut on Monday accuses Kerry of being absent for 76 percent of the Intelligence Committee's hearings, noting that he was completely AWOL for the entire year after the 9/11 attacks.

"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Jane Harman, who appeared on "Meet the Press" with Roberts, said she couldn't defend Kerry's Intelligence Committee attendance record.

"I don't know what the facts are and I really can't speak to that," she explained.


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To: NavySEAL F-16

Can someone explain why Kerry has to release his Intel Commitee records? Isn't that already public record? I would hate to think that what our congressmen and senators do is not public record. However, I kinda like the idea that Kerry needs to release his records. He can be pounded on that for a while, and then if he does release them, he can be pounded on for a while longer.


41 posted on 08/15/2004 12:30:48 PM PDT by PattonReincarnated (Rebuild the Temple)
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To: sweetliberty; MeekOneGOP
A Bush Cheney campaign commercial set to debut on Monday accuses Kerry of being absent for 76 percent of the Intelligence Committee's hearings, noting that he was completely AWOL for the entire year after the 9/11 attacks.

"That same year," the ad says, "Sen. Kerry proposed slashing the intelligence budget by $6 billion."

FYI ping

42 posted on 08/15/2004 12:31:06 PM PDT by nicmarlo
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To: Radix
commercial set to debut on Monday accuses Kerry of being absent for 76 percent of the Intelligence Committee's hearings, noting that he was completely AWOL for the entire year after the 9/11 attacks.

The spin from the Kerry campaign out to be interesting in trying to explain this. How they reconcile this with the "hard work" he says he will do for us on his "sensitive" war.It's almost as if his campaign workers are in a parallel universe from Kerry's reality.

RELEASE ALL YOUR RECORDS

43 posted on 08/15/2004 12:32:51 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: nicmarlo

They have misquoted the ad.


44 posted on 08/15/2004 12:33:27 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Bonaparte

Not to mention his wife's tax records. The double standard is stunning.


45 posted on 08/15/2004 12:34:42 PM PDT by rushmom
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To: claudiustg

"Here a lie, there a lie. Here a flop, there a flip. Has the Kerry campaign any credibility left at all?"

When Kerry comes to a fork in the road, he will always..............take the fork!


46 posted on 08/15/2004 12:35:06 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Release all your records, military and attendance, Sen Kerry - what are you hiding?........


47 posted on 08/15/2004 12:35:55 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: NavySEAL F-16

We pay these bums' salaries, and as such, we oughta be able to look at their time sheets. We have an out-of-control government (just take a look at what's going on here in New Jersey).


48 posted on 08/15/2004 12:37:03 PM PDT by Salvey
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To: NavySEAL F-16

We had a sermon about Saul today, one who blew the annointing with lies, pride, etc. (1 Samuel, 2 Samuel)

I couldn't help but think of John Kerry...what a mess that man is.


49 posted on 08/15/2004 12:39:21 PM PDT by ApesForEvolution (DemocRATS are communists and want to destroy America only to replace it with the USSA)
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To: NavySEAL F-16

This is a very good ad. This will do what the Dems accused the swiftvets of doing.They keep saying the swiftvets are lying by saying the served with Kerry. 75 % of the people who view this ad will think 9/11 not 1992 when they see it.Even News max got it wrong.We should get it right so we can't be accused of lying.


50 posted on 08/15/2004 12:40:44 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: nicmarlo; MeekOneGOP

Kerry's toast.


51 posted on 08/15/2004 12:41:55 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left." (Eccl. 10:2))
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To: Blessed

You've confused me. Can you explain?


52 posted on 08/15/2004 12:48:28 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: dennisw
John Kerry was IS one of the laziest, most self indulgent Senators. He had HAS no record of leadership there yet he wants to lead the United States.

He's still a Senator. Just because he rarely goes to Capitol Hill doesn't mean he isn't still on the payroll.
And he'll still be one after he loses in Nov.

Whatever possesses Mass. residents to elect Teddy and Kerry year after year?? Can the rest of us force the state to secede?

53 posted on 08/15/2004 12:48:44 PM PDT by speekinout
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To: dennisw

Since when is a Bhuddist gesture and Islamic one? THey are two separate religions.


54 posted on 08/15/2004 12:50:39 PM PDT by wildbill
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Go look at the commercial the article is wrong. The first attack on the World trade center was in 1992.That is whe Kerry did not show up for the intelligence committee not after 9/11.


55 posted on 08/15/2004 12:51:04 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: NavySEAL F-16
And while your at it perhaps some will snail mail one of these to Kerry, or the Dimocrat Party.

====================================================================

"This is a copy of the letter I (we) sent the DNC.

"Democratic National Committee
430 S. Capitol St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

To whom it may concern:

Enclosed please find one, three page document titled SF 180, request pertaining to military records.

Would you be so kind as to have your party's candidate for president fill out the form, according to the directions supplied, and mail the completed document to the address indicated.

Once the documents he (your candidate) requested are delivered to you, will you then release them, in their entirety, to the news media that are charged with covering your campaign?

Thank you for your prompt attention to this most important matter.

Xxxxxxx & Xxxxx Xxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Terrace
Inverness, FL 34450

P/S … Please make sure your candidate signs the form."

=======================================================================

You can copy the SF-180 form here http://www.archives.gov/research_room/obtain_copies/standard_form_180.pdf

56 posted on 08/15/2004 12:52:36 PM PDT by G.Mason (A war mongering, red white and blue, military industrial complex, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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To: Blessed

No, the first attack on the WTC was in 1993 under Clinton.


57 posted on 08/15/2004 12:55:18 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: NavySEAL F-16

Sorry.But that doesnt change the point.


58 posted on 08/15/2004 12:57:16 PM PDT by Blessed
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To: Blessed

I still don't know what your point is.


59 posted on 08/15/2004 12:59:20 PM PDT by NavySEAL F-16 (Proud to be a Reagan Republican)
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To: Intolerant in NJ; AFPhys; SandRat; snooker; Bonaparte; austingirl; willNJ

Please see post #56


60 posted on 08/15/2004 1:01:45 PM PDT by G.Mason (A war mongering, red white and blue, military industrial complex, Al Qaeda incinerating American.)
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