Continued War on Terrorism Tops US President's Re-election Agenda

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Continued War on Terrorism Tops US President's Re-election Agenda

An internal White House document outlining President George W. Bush's re-election agenda starts with war on terrorism and homeland security, local media reports said Saturday.

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An internal White House document outlining President George W. Bush's re-election agenda starts with war on terrorism and homeland security, local media reports said Saturday.

The single-page document titled "Possible '04 Signature Issues"was discussed this month in a White House meeting chaired by chiefof staff Andrew Card to fine tune Bush's 2003 legislative agenda, the report said, citing senior White House officials.

Democrats said the document demonstrated that the White House is continuing to seek political gain from the Sept. 11 attacks. They have already said the Bush administration used the issue of national security to help Republicans won the midterm elections inNovember.

"It continues to be shocking, but it's not surprising, that this administration will exploit the war on terrorism and nationalsecurity issues for their advantage if they can," said Democrat Senator John Kerry, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination.

The document lists 10 issues starting with the "War on terrorism (Con't)" and "Protecting the homeland (Con't)." Other issues included health care costs and access, legal reform, and social security reform, the reports said.

White House communications director Dan Bartlett said the "Signature Issues" list does not portend efforts to make terrorism a political centerpiece in 2004. It simply outlines a complicated set of issues Bush must confront, such as terrorism, or that he wants to put forward, such as social security reform, he said.

In his weekly radio address Saturday, Bush outlined his agenda for 2003 starting with the war against terrorism. "We will make certain that terrorists and their supporters are not safe in any cave or corner of the world," he said.

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