Giuliani for war, rips Gore film
Giuliani for war, rips Gore film
Says Iraq key to victory over terrorismBy JORDAN ROBERTSONAssociated Press
SANTA CLARA - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday defended the Iraq war, criticized Al Gore's global-warming movie and said private industry is crucial to solving the health-care crisis.
As for his presidential ambitions, Giuliani coyly inched closer to a formal announcement Monday.
''I am 100-percent committed,'' he said. ''That official part, I still have to do a formal announcement. But we'll figure out how to do that. My idea is that I'm going to try to announce this in 100 different places.''
Giuliani, a Republican, said he supports efforts to move California's 2008 presidential primary from June to February, a shift that would allow him to compete outside of conservative early voting states where his stands on gays, guns and abortion have been viewed as too liberal.
A number of other states are considering moving up their primaries.
In a wide-ranging speech, Giuliani told a crowd of hundreds of Silicon Valley business leaders in Santa Clara that he had decided to enter the 2008 competition but had not made a formal announcement.
He had previously said during his swing this weekend through California that he wanted to tease out the announcement to drum up more attention to his campaign.
Giuliani shunted aside questions about the differences between himself and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, another front-runner in the presidential race.
Instead, he emphasized his experience as mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his record on reducing crime, unemployment and other problems in the city.
He said the war in Iraq is crucial to combating global terrorism.
''What America needs is probably a reminder of why this is happening, and why the sacrifice of those American lives -- which is heartbreaking -- is necessary,'' he said. ''It's necessary because having a stable situation in Iraq will quicken our ability to defeat terrorism.''
Pulling out of the country too quickly, he said, will allow terrorism to ''get a home and a headquarters attached to Iran and Syria.''
When asked about former Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-nominated documentary about global warming, ''An Inconvenient Truth,'' Giuliani criticized the film as lacking in solutions.
Giuliani said he believes global warming is occurring but is not sure how much of it is caused by humans, and suggested the U.S. should look at expanding its use of nuclear power and other alternative energy sources.
He said the health-care crisis in the U.S. needs to be solved by ''preserving the private, competitive market-driven nature of health care. That's a much better solution than a top-down government plan.''
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Says Iraq key to victory over terrorismBy JORDAN ROBERTSONAssociated Press
SANTA CLARA - Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday defended the Iraq war, criticized Al Gore's global-warming movie and said private industry is crucial to solving the health-care crisis.
As for his presidential ambitions, Giuliani coyly inched closer to a formal announcement Monday.
''I am 100-percent committed,'' he said. ''That official part, I still have to do a formal announcement. But we'll figure out how to do that. My idea is that I'm going to try to announce this in 100 different places.''
Giuliani, a Republican, said he supports efforts to move California's 2008 presidential primary from June to February, a shift that would allow him to compete outside of conservative early voting states where his stands on gays, guns and abortion have been viewed as too liberal.
A number of other states are considering moving up their primaries.
In a wide-ranging speech, Giuliani told a crowd of hundreds of Silicon Valley business leaders in Santa Clara that he had decided to enter the 2008 competition but had not made a formal announcement.
He had previously said during his swing this weekend through California that he wanted to tease out the announcement to drum up more attention to his campaign.
Giuliani shunted aside questions about the differences between himself and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, another front-runner in the presidential race.
Instead, he emphasized his experience as mayor during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his record on reducing crime, unemployment and other problems in the city.
He said the war in Iraq is crucial to combating global terrorism.
''What America needs is probably a reminder of why this is happening, and why the sacrifice of those American lives -- which is heartbreaking -- is necessary,'' he said. ''It's necessary because having a stable situation in Iraq will quicken our ability to defeat terrorism.''
Pulling out of the country too quickly, he said, will allow terrorism to ''get a home and a headquarters attached to Iran and Syria.''
When asked about former Vice President Al Gore's Oscar-nominated documentary about global warming, ''An Inconvenient Truth,'' Giuliani criticized the film as lacking in solutions.
Giuliani said he believes global warming is occurring but is not sure how much of it is caused by humans, and suggested the U.S. should look at expanding its use of nuclear power and other alternative energy sources.
He said the health-care crisis in the U.S. needs to be solved by ''preserving the private, competitive market-driven nature of health care. That's a much better solution than a top-down government plan.''
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