Vietnam vets do Bush&#39;s `dirty work,&#39; Kerry says
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WASHINGTONJohn Kerry seized the offensive yesterday, fighting back against what his campaign calls a &quot;smear attack&quot; on his Vietnam record and pointing the finger of blame directly at President George W. Bush.
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President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are both on the campaign trail Thursday clashing over US policy in Iraq and looking for votes from America&#39;s military veterans.
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As South Boston remembered 25 neighborhood heroes killed in the Vietnam War, local veterans yesterday weighed in on the ongoing war record battle between John Kerry [related, bio] and President George W. Bush.
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The presidential campaign is doing the time warp. Again. Thirty-three years after a decorated Lt. John Kerry both galvanized and outraged veterans and the public with his condemnations
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John Kerry accused President Bush of using surrogates to &quot;do his dirty work,&quot; as the Democratic presidential challenger hit back on Thursday at a Republican assault on his Vietnam War record.
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John Kerry&#39;s tour of duty in Vietnam has defined his bid for the White House. He is the warrior candidate who heroically led men into battle but who came home to almost as bravely question the very war for which his comrades gave so much blood.
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Is the Kerry campaign going to start tearing down Bush/Cheney posters around the country and replacing them with their own? It&#39;s tempting to label the Kerry campaign&#39;s stunt of sending former Sen.
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FOR months on the campaign trail, US Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry has criticised President George W. Bush for running advertisements assailing the senator&#39;s record.
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BOSTON - Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush on Thursday of relying on front groups to challenge his record of valor in Vietnam, asserting, "He wants them to do his dirty work."   Fighting back, Kerry said if Bush wants to "have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer: 'Bring it on.'" Bush served stateside in the Texas Air National Guard during the war...
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Democrat John Kerry, behind in the polls and vowing to get tough on the campaign trail, accused President Bush yesterday of operating an &#39;excuse presidency&quot; and promised to create 10 million jobs in four years of a Kerry administration.
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John Kerry accused President Bush of using surrogates to "do his dirty work," as the Democratic presidential challenger hit back on Thursday at a Republican assault on his Vietnam War record.
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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.
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BOSTON - John Kerry fought back Thursday against campaign allegations that he exaggerated his combat record in Vietnam, accusing President Bush of using a Republican front group "to do his dirty work" and challenging Bush to debate their wartime service records.   "Well, if he wants to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer: Bring it on," said the Democratic presidential candidate, reviving an old war and campaign slogan amid strong urging from party leaders for him to respond to two-week-old GOP assertions...
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CINCINNATI - (KRT) - Sen. John Kerry attempted on Wednesday to win the hearts and minds of the nation&#39;s veterans, a group that has traditionally tilted Republican, by appealing to their sense of patriotism as well as more ...
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The rhetorical battle over Sen. John Kerry&#39;s record in Vietnam continued to rage Sunday, as Kerry&#39;s campaign released a new television ad calling on President Bush to &quot;denounce the smear.
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Claims and counter-claims by Vietnam veterans about John Kerry's military record:
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Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, during his narrowly unsuccessful bid as the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, excoriated President Bush for his handling of the war in Iraq, and has only stepped up the volume of his criticisms in the years since.