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  Forrester on Defensive for Old Newspaper Columns
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Last EditedRP  Oct 15, 2002 12:35pm
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News DateTuesday, October 15, 2002 06:35:16 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionDouglas R. Forrester, New Jersey's Republican nominee for the United States Senate, found himself on the defensive today about several newspaper columns he wrote more than a decade ago opposing drunken-driving checkpoints, criticizing New Jersey's ban on assault weapons and saying that Atlantic City had "the subtle beauty of a streetwalker."

In a 1991 column, Mr. Forrester, who has made his support for military action to oust Saddam Hussein a centerpiece of his Senate campaign, urged Americans to forgive the Iraqis who tortured American prisoners.
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