In the 2004 president ial race between president george w. Bush and senator john kerry, the two candidates met at the university of miami for the first of three president ial debates. It focused on foreign policy. [ applause ] good evening, mr. President , senator kerry. As determined by a coin toss, the first question goes to you, senator kerry. You have two minutes. Do you believe that you could do a better job than president bush in preventing another 9 11type terrorist attack on the United States . Yes, i do. But before i answer further, let me thank you for moderating. I want to thank the university of miami for hosting us, and i know the president will join me in welcoming all of florida to this debate. Youve been through the roughest weeks anybody could imagine. Our hearts go out to you, and we admire your pluck and perseverance. I can make america safer than president bush has made us. And i believe president bush and i both love our country equally, but we just have a differen
Lehrer good evening from the university of miami Convocation Center in coral gables, florida. Im jim lehrer of the newshour on pbs. And i welcome you to the first of the 2004 president ial debates between president george w. Bush, the republican nominee, and senator john kerry, the democratic nominee. These debates are sponsored by the commission on president ial debates. Tonights will last 90 minutes, following detailed rules of engagement worked out by representatives of the candidates. I have agreed to enforce their rules on them. The umbrella topic is Foreign Policy and Homeland Security, but the specific subjects were chosen by me, the questions were composed by me, the candidates have not been told what they are, nor has anyone else. For each question there can only be a twominute response, a 90 second rebuttal and, at my discretion, a discussion extension of one minute. A green light will come on when 30 seconds remain in any given answer, yellow at 15, red at five seconds, and
Good evening mister president saturday carry. First president goes to senator kennedy. You have two minutes. Do you believe you can do a better job than president bush and preventing another 9 11 terrorist attack on the United States . Yes i do. But before i answer further let me thank you for moderating, i want to thank the university of miami for hosting us and i know the president will join me in welcoming all of florida for all of this debate. Youve been through the roughest weeks it anyone can imagine, our hearts go out to you and we admire your pluck and perseverance. I can make american safer than president bushes made say made us, and i believe president bush and i both love our country equally, but we just have a different set of evictions convictions on how you make america safe. I believe america is safest and strongest when we are leading the world and leading strong alliances. Ill never give a veto to any country over our security but i also know how to lead those alliance
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