"Democratic Senate nominee Ned Lamont responded yesterday to Dick Cheney's suggestion that his primary upset heartened terrorists, saying the vice president was mixing up the war on terror with the invasion of Iraq.
"I just think that this Bush administration confuses a comprehensive attack on the terrorists with the invasion of Iraq," Lamont said in a telephone interview yesterday. "I think the invasion of Iraq was a terrible distraction.
Lamont, 52, said the invasion diverted attention and resources from the hunt for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, port security and other critical areas of national security.
"It hasn't made us safer," Lamont said. "I'm happy to have that debate."
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