Campaign 2004: Bush defends Guard service
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LAS VEGAS -- President Bush, accused of shirking his duties in the Texas National Guard during the Vietnam War, expressed pride in his military experience yesterday in a campaign speech that triggered rounds of thunderous applause from thousands of
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WASHINGTON - Now it is gaps in his service records that are beginning to dog US President George W. Bush in the US election campaign.
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Wading into a potential political minefield, President George W. Bush yesterday pledged to improve conditions for National Guard personnel serving in Iraq and Afghanistan and said
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With far more than military hearts and minds at stake, the presidential contenders are clashing over who best stands for US soldiers -- President Bush accusing his opponent of &quot;denigrating&quot; them, Sen.
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President George W. Bush,   seeking to fend off growing election-year discontent with the   Iraq war, said on Thursday his wars in Iraq and against   terrorism were keeping Americans safe.
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New documents unearthed in the midst of the presidential campaign fill in some blanks but raise other questions about the sometimes mysterious and spotty story of President Bush's military service during Vietnam when he won a coveted spot in the Texas Air National Guard and avoided the war.
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These are the positions of Republican President Bush and his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, on some of the domestic issues in the 2004 presidential campaign:
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The White House on Tuesday defended President Bush&#039;s prolific use of bill signing statements, saying they help him uphold the Constitution and defend the nation&#039;s security.
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WASHINGTON - Months after insisting it could find no more records of President Bush's Air National Guard service, the Defense Department has released more than two dozen pages of files, including Bush's report card for flight training and dates of his flights.    The records, released under pressure of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by The Associated Press, show Bush ranked in the middle of his 1969 flight training class and flew 336 hours for the Texas Air National Guard, mostly in the F-102A fighter...
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President Bush, his Vietnam-era military service the subject of dispute, said Tuesday he is proud of his stint in the Air National Guard and told members strained by today's wars that he is trying to make their lives easier.
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US President George W. Bush is fighting off new claims he did not fulfil his duties with the Air National Guard during the Vietnam era.
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ALBANY, Ga. - Some current and retired members of the National Guard and other military services say they aren't bothered by newly revealed memos that indicate President Bush got preferential treatment in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, while others say they are troubling...
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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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The Pentagon has released what it called newly found records concerning President Bush&#39;s service in the Air National Guard, a subject of debate in the US presidential campaign, The New York Times said on Wednesday.
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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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US President George W. Bush staunchly defended Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon from a surprising attack at a Bush campaign event in this battleground state.
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President George W. Bush's re-election campaign launched a preemptive defense against a complaint by Democratic challenger John Kerry that a group attacking Kerry's Vietnam war record had illegal ties to the Bush campaign.