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Article: White House suggests Kerry 'making up' claim that foreign leaders back him
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- March 15, 2004
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SCOTT LINDLAW, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-15-2004
Dateline: WASHINGTON
The White House, seeking to raise credibility questions about Democrat John Kerry, suggested Monday that the presumptive nominee had lied when he said some foreign leaders privately back his candidacy for U.S. president.
Kerry should identify the leaders who purportedly hope he beats President George W. Bush in November, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. "Either he is straightforward and states who they are, or the only conclusion one can draw is that he is making it up to attack the president," the spokesman said.
McClellan put a sharper point on a response offered a day earlier by Secretary of ...