When War Fails, Launch a PR Campaign

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When War Fails, Launch a PR Campaign
By BILL STRAUB
Scripps Howard News Service
Oct 10, 2003, 05:23


The Bush administration is undertaking a campaign to regenerate public support for its policies in Iraq, dispatching officials across the country to promote White House strategy and build momentum for its $87 billion proposal to rebuild the war-torn nation.
In Portsmouth, N.H., on Thursday, President Bush praised military reservists and family members who gathered for his speech, asserting that the United States is "meeting the test of history" as a result of its involvement in Iraq, which he described as the "central front" in the war on terrorism.

"America cannot retreat from our responsibilities and hope for the best," Bush said during his visit to the Pease Air National Guard Base. "Our security will not be gained by timid measures. Our security requires constant vigilance and decisive action. I believe America has only one option _ we must fight this war until the work is done."

Bush was not the first White House representative to venture out this week to tout the administration's Iraqi policies, which recently have been criticized on both sides of the political aisle.

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