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Article: DUKAKIS' DEFENSE VIEWS KEY TO BUSH OFFENSIVE

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May 14, 1988
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FULLERTON, Calif. - Vice President George Bush asserted yesterday that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts holds national security views that are "naive at best" and would endanger the national defense if implemented.

Citing the governor's opposition to a number of strategic weapons, including the MX and Midgetman missile systems, Bush said Dukakis' views are "more the thinking of George McGovern, not Harry Truman. Even Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale supported systems that Gov. Dukakis opposes."

It was Bush's most direct and strident attack on his likely Democratic opponent, and signaled a major tenet of his general election strategy: to portray Dukakis as too liberal and too ...

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