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In His Years In Washington, Senator Kerry Has Been One Vote Of A Hundred In The United States Senate - And Fortunately On Matters Of National Security, He Was Very Often In The Minority.

A Little Tough Talk In The Midst Of A Campaign Or As Part Of A Presidential Debate Cannot Obscure A Record Of 30 Years Of Being On The Wrong Side Of Defense Issues.

I Reached A Point Towards The End On The Old Heart Where I Had Trouble Getting Out Of A Chair. All I Wanted To Do Was Get Out Of Bed In The Morning And Walk To My Office And Sit Back Down In The Chair. Now I Throw 50 Pound Bags Of Horse Feed In The Back Of My Pickup Truck And I Don't Even Think About It. I'm Back Doing Those Things.

I've Been Criticized Because I've Had The Temerity To Speak Out And Done A Couple Of Interviews Since I Left Office. I Don't Find Anything Surprising About That. I Don't Say - I've Been Careful Not To Get Personal In Terms Of My Criticisms For My Comment, But I Think The Issues Are Simply Too Important For The Future Of The Nation For Us To Operate As Though Those Of Us Who Disagree Somehow Shouldn't Speak Out And Be Heard. I Think We Need To Be Heard.

I Think, In Fact, The Situation With Respect To Al Qaeda, To Say That, You Know, That Was A Big Attack We Had On 9/11, But It's Not Likely Again, I Just Think That's Dead Wrong. I Think The Biggest Strategic Threat The United States Faces Today Is The Possibility Of Another 9/11 With A Nuclear Weapon Or A Biological Agent Of Some Kind. And I Think Al Qaeda Is Out There Even As We Meet, Trying To Figure Out How To Do That.