The American president George W. Bush spoke via satellite from Washington last night to delegates Republicans just before the start of the main block of speeches.
"We need a president who understands the lessons of September 11, 2001" sentenced the ruling in a brief message from barely eight minutes quoted by Efe.
"To protect the United States, we must stay on the offensive, stop attacks before they occur and not expect to suffer another attack," Bush said, before adding that "the man we need is John McCain."
During a march carried out on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Republican convention, police arrested a group of demonstrators, bringing the number of detainees to 280 in two days, stressed AFP.
The arrests were for causing unrest since Monday occurred while clashes with the police for a second consecutive day, explained Matthew Bombrom, deputy chief of police of St. Paul. The fray on Tuesday occurred during a rally of hundreds of demonstrators human rights defenders economics of poor people.
