Bush's Vietnam-era service, credibility in Democrats' sights
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Democrats took aim at President George W. Bush's credibility, as new details of his Vietnam-era service and an ad-campaign questioned the claim he fulfilled his duty in the Texas Air National Guard.
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New TV ads and accusations draw out debate over Kerry&#39;s service in Vietnam - and may be an acid test of his defenses. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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WASHINGTON - One of the men who helped put Democrat John Kerry on the defensive over his military record during the Vietnam war is answering questions about his own service during that conflict.    During an Oval Office conversation in 1971, John O'Neill tells President Nixon he was in Cambodia in a swift boat during the war - a claim that is at odds with O'Neill's recent statements that he wasn't in the country...
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The top Democratic Party official accused US President George W. Bush of lying to the American people about his National Guard service during the Vietnam War, even though CBS News said it had erred in using dubious documents about the matter.
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President George W Bush&#39;s record serving in the National Guard during the Vietnam War became the focus of the increasingly heated election campaign yesterday.
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CRAWFORD, Texas  - Under pressure from Democrats  and Republican Sen. John McCain, President Bush on Monday  called for ads attacking John Kerry's record in Vietnam to be  stopped along with others run by independent groups, and said  Kerry should be proud of his war service.
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Candidates have much at stake if the war outlasts President Bush's tenure.
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One is a Bush family loyalist who served four presidents and guided George W. Bush to legal victory in the disputed 2000 election. The other is a resolute Democrat, a 34-year congressman who steered a divided 9/11 commission to unanimity.
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White House aides are defending President Bush against new allegations relating to his military service during the Vietnam War, which he served in the United States.
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President George W. Bush's recent gains in approval ratings have improved Republican prospects in the November 7 fight for Congress, but analysts say Democrats still have the upper hand with a disaffected public in the mood for change.
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AUSTIN, Texas - A retired Texas National Guard official mentioned as a possible source for disputed documents about President Bush's service in the Guard said he passed along information to a former senator working with John Kerry's campaign.    Also Saturday, a White House official said Bush has reviewed disputed documents that purport to show he refused orders to take a physical examination in 1972 and did not recall having seen them previously...
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President Bush on Saturday described John Kerry&#39;s tour of duty in Vietnam as more heroic than his own service in the Air National Guard, saying his Democratic rival had been &quot;in harm&#39;s way.
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John Kerry's Vietnam War service records run to multiple medal commendations and a notation of "conspicuous gallantry" in combat. President Bush's file tracks the stateside career of a National Guard test pilot.
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While the political world braces for the White House to spring an October surprise that turns the fight for Congress to Republican advantage, the Democrats have been stumbling their way into a series of pre-emptive strikes that keep their chances in play by returning the spotlight to George W. BushÃ¢ÂÂs failings as a warrior against terrorism.
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Democrats yesterday seized upon new documents about President George W. Bush&#39;s Vietnam-era National Guard service to accuse Bush of shirking his duty and then deceiving the public about it.
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Democrats raised new questions about President Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service on Wednesday as White House hopeful John Kerry charged the Iraq war was draining resources from the U.S. economy at home.
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You knew it had to happen. Once Republicans challenged John Kerry&#39;s record in Vietnam, it was only a matter of time before reporters examined George W. Bush&#39;s lack of service in Vietnam.