And asked which man would better handle relations with other countries, Bush -- charged by his critics with alienating the world community through unilateralism -- beat his Democratic challenger by a 52 percent to 44 percent margin.

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Some members of Congress have objected to the Bush administration's plans to handle the agreement without seeking congressional approval.

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"They ignored the fact that I went to Yale and Harvard, and said my intelligence was (not) heavy enough to handle the job and I won, " Bush said.

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