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Bush, Kerry begin first debate
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-01 09:54
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) smiles
alongside Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at the start of their first
presidential debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables September
30, 2004. U.S. President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry prepared
for a security-policy showdown in their first debate on Thursday, as
Iraq's growing insurgency claimed the lives of 34 children.
[Reuters]
Teresa Heinz Kerry (L), wife of Democratic
presidential nominee John Kerry, greets U.S. First lady Laura Bush, wife
of President George W. Bush, before the first debate between their
husbands at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30,
2004. The debate is the first of three presidential debates before the
election November 2. [Reuters]
U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point
during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry,
at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004.
The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to
compare the candidates directly. [Reuters]
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator
John Kerry makes a point during his debate with U.S. President George W.
Bush at the first presidential debate between Bush and Kerry at the
University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, September 30, 2004.
[Reuters]
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John
Kerry (L) makes a point while U.S. President George W. Bush looks on
during thier first debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables,
Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give
voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly. It could
play a big role in tipping a White House race that most polls show is
close but leaning increasingly toward Bush. [Reuters]
Democratic nominee John Kerry (L) and U.S.
President George W. Bush speak at the conclusion of their first
presidential debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida,
September 30, 2004. Bush and Kerry battled over Iraq in a fierce debate on
Thursday, with an aggressive Kerry accusing the president of "a colossal
error of judgment" and Bush claiming the world was safer without Saddam
Hussein. [Reuters] |
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