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Bush, Kerry begin first debate
 (Agencies)
Updated: 2004-10-01 09:54

U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly.
U.S. President George W. Bush (R) smiles alongside Senator John Kerry (D-MA) at the start of their first presidential debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables September 30, 2004. U.S. President Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry prepared for a security-policy showdown in their first debate on Thursday, as Iraq's growing insurgency claimed the lives of 34 children. [Reuters]


Teresa Heinz Kerry (L), wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, greets U.S. First lady Laura Bush, wife of President George W. Bush, before the first debate between their husbands at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The debate is the first of three presidential debates before the election November 2. [Reuters]

U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly.
U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly. [Reuters]


U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly.
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry makes a point during his debate with U.S. President George W. Bush at the first presidential debate between Bush and Kerry at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, September 30, 2004. [Reuters]

U.S. President George W. Bush makes a point during the first presidential debate with Democratic nominee John Kerry, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly.
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry (L) makes a point while U.S. President George W. Bush looks on during thier first debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida September 30, 2004. The 90-minute, televised session will give voters their first chance to compare the candidates directly. It could play a big role in tipping a White House race that most polls show is close but leaning increasingly toward Bush. [Reuters]

 
Democratic nominee John Kerry (L) and U.S. President George W. Bush speak at the conclusion of their first presidential debate, at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, September 30, 2004. Bush and Kerry battled over Iraq in a fierce debate on Thursday, with an aggressive Kerry accusing the president of "a colossal error of judgment" and Bush claiming the world was safer without Saddam Hussein. [Reuters]

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