O&#39;Neill Says Swift Boat Group Independent of Bush Campaign
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John O&#39;Neill, a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, said in an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal that his group will continue to criticize Democratic presidential candidate
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US President George W. Bush called for a stop to campaign ads by independent groups, including those targetting John Kerry's war record, and praised his Democratic rival's service as a Swift Boat captain in Vietnam.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's campaign has formally alleged that a group attacking his Vietnam war record had illegal ties to US President George W. Bush's re-election bid.
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President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast
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The White House insisted that President Bush had not meant to single out the ad run by veterans opposed to John Kerry.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece  - Iraq's Olympic soccer  coach said Monday his side should not be seen as a symbol of  freedom, taking issue with a campaign commercial for President  Bush.
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President Bush on Monday called for the so-called 527 groups to stop airing political ads, but he did not directly condemn commercials by the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that have attacked Sen. John Kerry&#39;s war record.
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By Mark Knoller. By Dotty Lynch. (CBS/AP) The Kerry campaign filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, the group behind
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The Bush campaign dismissed an adviser on veterans issues late Saturday after learning he was part of an independent group that has been running anti-Kerry ads,news reports said Sunday.
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The White House distanced itself from a commercial by a controversial veterans' group that accuses Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry of lying about his service in Vietnam.
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President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday.
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Blackwater USA, the private security company involved in a Baghdad shootout last weekend, operated under State Department authority that exempted the company from U.S. military regulations governing other security firms, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials and industry representatives.
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Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry's campaign has formally alleged that a group attacking his Vietnam war record had illegal ties to US President George W. Bush's reelection bid.
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- The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth website now carries a statement from Larry Thurlow, who insists that John Kerry wrote a report &quot;which falsely described the action on the Bay Hap River&quot; (for which Kerry later received the ...
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COLUMBUS - Former astronaut and US Sen. John Glenn yesterday called on President Bush to &quot;condemn&quot; ads from a group called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth that has attacked John Kerry&#39;s military service in the Vietnam War.
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President Bush on Friday rallied his party's conservative wing to unite behind the Republican nominee in the battle for the presidency, but avoided mention of John McCain, the leading candidate and presumed winner who has a history of clashing with his party's right flank.
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Former Vice President Al Gore's presidential campaign heard but did not pursue allegations about George W. Bush's Air National Guard service, similar to the information in discredited documents aired by CBS News this month, a former campaign official said Tuesday.