Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., made reference to his support of the congressional resolution that gave President Bush broad authority to wage war in Iraq. 19 caucuses, entitled “Foreign Policy in a Post-Saddam World: Rebuilding Our Alliances and Iraq.”įormer Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun said Sunday that Saddam’s capture is good news but “does not change the fact that our troops remain in harm’s way and we are no closer to bringing them home.” Kerry reportedly shifted his schedule in order to deliver a foreign policy speech on Tuesday in Iowa, site of the Jan. forces, the Iraqi people and the world,” on Sunday. John Kerry, D-Mass., called the capture “a great day for U.S. In a statement on his campaign’s Web site, Dean praised Saddam’s capture as “a great day for the Iraqi people, the U.S., and the international community” and also said that the development “provides an enormous opportunity to set a new course and take the American label off the war.” “He has allowed crises and resentments to accumulate and squandered good will built up over many years.” “This president talked the talk of Western Hemisphere partnership in his first months, but at least since 9/11 he has failed to walk the walk,” Dean said during a broad foreign policy speech in California. troops, triggered a wave of statements and interviews from the nine Democratic candidates as they refocused their foreign policy views on Iraq.įormer Vermont governor and apparent front-runner Howard Dean, whose rise to the top of the Democratic field was fueled in part by his blunt opposition to the Iraq war, said Monday that “the capture of Saddam has not made America safer.”īut Dean also issued a broader attack on the president’s foreign policy, saying he was taking the country “in a radical and dangerous direction” by failing to win greater international cooperation. The arrest of Saddam, widely considered a boost for President Bush’s policies amidst continuing attacks against U.S.
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