WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today responded to U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy’s speech about the war on terror.

“Ted Kennedy has explained to the American people why the Howard Dean Democrats cannot be trusted to protect the national security of the United States,” DeLay said.

“His hateful attack against the commander-in-chief would be disgusting if it were not so sad. In his speech, Ted Kennedy insulted the president’s patriotism, accused the Republican Party of treason, and resurrected the weak and indecisive foreign policy of Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis.”

“Kennedy said there was ‘no compelling reason for war.’ There are 25 million Iraqis no longer threatened by torture chambers who might disagree.”