Edwards: Bush Didn't Do His Job in Iraq (AP)

[Bossy Monkey]

Oct 28, 9:22 PM EDT

Edwards: Bush Didn't Do His Job in Iraq

By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer

INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) -- Sen. John Edwards, blaming President Bush for a missing cache of explosives in Iraq, on Thursday called on the Republican to show proof that he directed troops to secure the military depot near Baghdad where the material had been stored.

"If George Bush is going to have his friends out there blaming the troops, then he ought to have the evidence to go with his claim. George Bush, you need to show America the order you gave for our troops to secure these dangerous explosives," the Democratic vice presidential candidate said in this town near Des Moines.

Bush's campaign dismissed his criticism.

Edwards spent the day in Minnesota and Iowa assailing Bush for criticizing Sen. John Kerry rather than answering questions about the disappearance of nearly 400 tons of high explosives from a military depot in Iraq.

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