Dole Questions Kerry's Vietnam Wounds
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CRAWFORD, Texas - Former Republican Sen. Bob Dole suggested Sunday that John Kerry apologize for past testimony before Congress about alleged atrocities during the Vietnam War and joined critics of the Democratic presidential candidate who say he received an early exit from combat for "superficial wounds."   Dole also called on Kerry to release all the records of his service in Vietnam...
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IT WAS John Kerry, not the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, who picked this fight. He was the one who made his long-ago stint in Vietnam the centerpiece of his campaign for president.
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EAST HAMPTON, N.Y.  - Democratic presidential  candidate John Kerry has accused his Republican critics of  having launched their offensive against his Vietnam war record  in a bid to sabotage what he called growing voter support for  his strategy to fight the war on terror.
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A veteran who has disputed  Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's Vietnam war  record admitted on Sunday he did not have "a single document"  to prove Kerry fabricated reports of enemy fire that won him  two medals.
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U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole has returned to the campaign trail, declaring her intentions to seek a second term in what she calls "the worst political environment in memory."
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CHICAGO - A Chicago Tribune editor who was on the Vietnam mission for which John Kerry received the Silver Star is backing up Kerry's account of the incident.    William Rood, 61, said he decided to break his silence about the Feb...
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Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he's in a "fighting mood" with two months to go to the presidential election as his allies defended him from questions about his valor in Vietnam.
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New accusations draw out debate over Kerry's service in Vietnam - and may be an acid test of his defenses.
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President Bush's father says claims he used his influence to keep his son out of the Vietnam War are "a total lie." Former Sen. Bob Kerrey, a decorated Vietnam veteran, says the current president should condemn ads claiming the Democratic presidential candidate fabricated elements of his wartime service.
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Democrat John Kerry rejected President Bush's claims of compassion on Thursday and said he had "walked right by" Americans in need, while the White House called questions about Bush's Vietnam-era National Guard service a sign of Democratic desperation.
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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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WASHINGTON : The highly-charged debate over John Kerry&#39;s record in the Vietnam War raged on Sunday, after a veteran working to help re-elect incumbent president George W. Bush resigned.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. AP) Â Former Sen. Bob Dole, the failed Republican presidential candidate in 1996, became the focus Tuesday of an increasingly testy exchange between GOP presidential contenders John McCain and Mitt Romney.
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Los Angeles Times - After making his service in Vietnam the centerpiece of his presidential bid, Sen. John F. Kerry now finds himself defending his role as a protester of the war &#8212; the chapter of his biography that first gained him prominence but which he has discussed infrequently this year.
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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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Former US Sen. Max Cleland defended Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry from attacks on Kerry&#39;s combat record in Vietnam during a visit to Green Bay on Saturday at Veterans Memorial Parkway on Museum Place.
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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.