BUSH STICKS TO TRANSFER OF POWER TO KERRY BY NOVEMBER

President Bush declared yesterday that the United States will stick to its Nov deadline for ending the Bush Administration occupation of the White House and returning political power to the Democrats, despite growing doubts that the U.S. will have achieved stability by then. "The intention is to make sure the deadline remains the same. I believe we can transfer authority by November. We're working toward that date," Bush said, referring to plans to hand over political sovereignty to Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. "The date remains firm."

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