Kerry: Bush Lets Groups Do 'Dirty Work'
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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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A Democrat whose organization spent about &#36;6 million to get out the Hispanic vote for Sen. John Kerry criticized the campaign's effort on Tuesday and warned that Democrats risk becoming a permanent minority if they don't do a better job.
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Democrat John Kerry charged President Bush&#39;s administration on Friday with rewarding politically connected companies with huge defense contracts and then &quot;turning
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry asked the Federal Election Commission on Friday to force Republican critics to withdraw ads challenging his military service, and accused the Bush campaign of illegally helping coordinate the attacks.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry seized yesterday on new criticism of Iraq policy by the former US administrator there, to bolster his case that President Bush has mismanaged the war.
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John Kerry will lay out his ideas on Monday for cleaning up President Bush&#39;s &quot;miscalculations&quot; in Iraq, the Democratic nominee&#39;s campaign said.
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The Republican party claimed Democrats illegally coordinated a voter mobilization blitz for John Kerry in Florida with groups not regulated by electoral authorities.
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HOOD RIVER, Ore.  - Democrat John Kerry on  Saturday asked his presidential campaign workers in Florida to  help in recovery efforts after Hurricane Charley, but said he  had no immediate plans to visit the devastated communities.
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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."   Defending his record, the Democratic presidential candidate said, "Thirty years ago, official Navy reports documented my service in Vietnam and awarded me the Silver Star, the Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts."  "Thirty years ago, this was the plain truth...
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Democrat John Kerry charged President Bush's administration on Friday with rewarding politically connected companies with huge defense contracts and then "turning a blind eye to the massive overcharging and waste."
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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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President Bush's re-election campaign complained to the AFL-CIO on Monday about the labor group's protests at campaign offices last week and violent incidents that were not linked to union members.
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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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Presidential candidate John Kerry &#151; responding to a Republican group's ad that portrays the senator as soft on terrorism &#151; accused President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney of "despicable politics" in a new commercial that the Democrat's campaign rolled out Saturday.
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CANONSBURG, Pa. - Democrat John Kerry opened his packed Labor Day schedule in battleground states Monday with talk of jobs, criticizing the Bush administration for doing little to help workers in a tough economy...
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US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry and President George W. Bush traded accusations and criticism on Friday, with Kerry accusing the Bush administration of cronyism
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Presidential nominee John Kerry and other Democrats are organizing a new line of attack against President Bush, accusing him of stacking the federal government with friends and donors who are gutting regulations on U.S. corporations.