FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Teresa Heinz Kerry offered American Indians meeting in south Florida a list of promises she said her husband will fulfill if he is elected president.
She said her husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry would defend tribal sovereignty and the doors of the White House would be reopened, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.
She also said money would be allocated for healthcare, tribes would be helped to develop alternative forms of election and that reading skills among Indian children would be addressed.
Kerry said steps to help Native Americans would begin within the first 100 days of a John Kerry administration.
Rep. J.D. Hayworth of Arizona followed her speech at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with a GOP answer.
He said the Bush administration already had included all of the proposals advanced by Kerry in its 2005 budget.
