Dean: "The president made it clear that he intends to stay the course"

Radio Actuality: Dean On President Bush's News Conference

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean responds to President Bush's press conference this morning, his administration's failed policies on Iraq and Democrats' new direction for America:

"I think the president made it clear that he intends to stay the course and I think that's the wrong thing to do. It's a permanent commitment to a failed strategy, what the president doesn't seem to understand is that this is not about politics; this is a foreign policy problem that requires more than politics. We're in the middle of a civil war in Iraq. We need a new direction not just in Iraq. We need a new direction for the country. We've got to get rid of corruption in Congress. We need to do something for ordinary American families such as raising the minimum wage and finally dealing with health insurance, like 36 other countries in the world have. We need a new direction."

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