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September 28, 2005
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Byline: Rowan Scarborough, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The nation's two highest military officials rejected comparisons yesterday between Iraq and Vietnam in the aftermath of Saturday's anti-war demonstration on the Mall that rekindled memories of an unpopular war four decades ago.

More than 100,000 people protested the Iraq war amid polls that show fewer than 50 percent of Americans support the battle to foster a democracy in Iraq. Demonstrators compared President Bush to President Johnson, who ordered more than 500,000 troops to Vietnam in the 1960s.

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat, and Sen. Chuck Hagel, Nebraska Republican and a ...

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