美总统竞选人谴责贝布托暗杀事件(1)【沪江标准VOA12-30】
US Presidential Contenders Condemn Bhutto Assassination (1/2)
Democrat Hillary Clinton said she had come to know Ms. Bhutto during her years as First Lady. Campaigning in Iowa, Clinton said she was profoundly saddened and outraged by Ms. Bhutto's assassination.
Clinton's chief rival for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, said he was shocked and saddened by her death, and said she was a respected and resilient advocate for democracy in Pakistan.
Another Democratic contender, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, said the U.S. should not allow violence to disrupt Pakistan's return to democracy. Richardson also called on President Bush to force Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to step down. Richardson served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Clinton administration.
Republican presidential contenders were also quick to react to the Bhutto killing.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said those responsible for the assassination must be brought to justice and that her death is a reminder that terrorism anywhere is a threat to freedom.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney also condemned the assassination during a campaign stop in New Hampshire.
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民主党的希拉里·克林顿称早在她还是美国第一夫人的时候就已经认识贝布托夫人。在爱荷华州参加竞选的她，就贝布托夫人的遇刺表示了沉痛的哀悼和愤慨。
克林顿在民主党总统提名中的主要竞争对手，伊利诺州的参议员巴拉克·奥巴马称他对贝布托夫人的遇害表示震惊，并且称赞她是一个值得尊敬的巴基斯坦民主拥护者。
另一个民主党竞选者，新墨西哥州州长比尔·理查德森，称美国不允许暴力来扰乱巴基斯坦回归民主。理查德森也呼吁总统布什强制巴基斯坦总统佩尔韦兹·穆沙拉夫下台。理查森在克林顿当政时就任美国驻联合国大使。
共和党竞选人也就贝布托的遇刺事件很快作出回应。
前纽约市市长鲁道夫·朱利安尼称那些声称对刺杀事件负责的人必须得到审判。同时，她的遇刺提醒了在任何地区的恐怖行动都是对自由的威胁。
前马萨诸塞州州长米特·朗穆尼在新罕布什尔州进行竞选演讲时也谴责了这起暗杀事件。
