ARLINGTON, VA – Today, Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) issued the following statement: "John Kerry missed 76 percent of public Senate Intelligence Committee hearings during his time on the panel. North Carolina voters should ask why Kerry proposed slashing intelligence spending by $6 billion just one year after the first World Trade Center bombing and now says he will fight a 'more sensitive War on Terror.' Kerry's comment that he is 'proud' of opposing $87 billion in funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that he is 'proud' that Edwards joined him in that opposition is all North Carolinians...