Vietnam Debate Muddles 2004 Election
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Description: Senior news analyst NPR&#39;s Daniel Schorr says that this presidential campaign is not dominated by important issues of the day, but instead has degenerated into a gossipy back-and-forth debate about the Vietnam War.
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US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sparred on the economy, the Iraq war and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and continued their war of words over Bush's national guard stint to avoid the Vietnam War.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; In the campaign debate over Iraq, one constant has been the divide between the presidential candidates on the issue of inconsistency.
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With a mix of passion and dismay, newspaper editorials are weighing in on the furor over John Kerry's service in Vietnam, with many coming to his defense, a few standing behind his critics and others bemoaning the attention to a 30-year-old war rather than today's problems.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell refused to get into the debate over the Vietnam service of the presidential candidates on Sunday but said if the United States ever went
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Bizarrely, the presidential election hinges at the moment on how much action Democratic contender John Kerry saw while serving in Vietnam -- as opposed to President Bush&#39;s defense of Texas and Alabama as a member of the National Guard.
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Democrat John Kerry on Thursday lashed out at "the lie that's been put out there" about his Vietnam War service as Republicans and Democrats fiercely debated his military record, sensing a political advantage in keeping the issue alive.
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Washington -- The debate over US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry&#39;s record in the Vietnam War continued yesterday after the resignation of a veteran working to help re-elect George W. Bush.
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Deep political divisions on Iraq, health care and taxes dominated Tuesday's vice presidential debate, with Vice President Cheney and John Edwards defending the records and positions of the men who head their tickets.
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WASHINGTON - A bitter US election fight over TV ads that claim Democrat John Kerry lied about his Vietnam valour boiled over today with loyal veterans demanding President George W. Bush stop an illegal &quot;slime machine.
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Our position is: Thorough debate of US policies in Iraq is needed between now and Election Day. After months of battling over a war that ended 30 years ago, the presidential candidates have finally begun to
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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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Rivals debate Iraq, experience and healthcare - but strive for party unity
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Amid the controversy over &quot;Unfit for Command&quot; and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, it&#39;s worth noting that John Kerry&#39;s surrogates continue to overstate their man&#39;s Vietnam record.
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From the beginning, John F. Kerry has formed his presidential campaign around his service in the Vietnam War. But it is another war, World War II, that shaped his belief
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Republican US Senator John McCain said Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry&#39;s anti-war activities after he returned from Vietnam are an appropriate subject for political debate.
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The highly-charged debate over John Kerry's record in the Vietnam War raged, after a veteran working to help re-elect incumbent president George W. Bush resigned, while the Democratic challenger lodged a formal complaint with election authorities.