"We will finish what we have begun and we will win this essential victory in the war on terror," Bush said at a fund-raising dinner in Denver Tuesday

American forces have not found the weapons of mass destruction stockpiles Bush cited as a primary justification for the March 2003 invasion. And officials have not announced any evidence directly linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida or the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.: Bush raised more than $2.2 million for the Republican Party at Tuesday night's event, for which couples paid $5,000 or more to attend. Bush called his Democratic rival, Sen. John Kerry, soft on the war on terrorism.