Kerry Tries to Counter Impact of Criticism
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WASHINGTON - Attacks on John Kerry's war record may be beginning to have an impact, polls suggest, amid raised voices and new TV ads on a subject at least temporarily dominating debate in the close presidential race.    Democrats are laboring to deflect the questioning of Kerry's record with fresh ads touting his fitness for national command, even as the White House mocks the Massachusetts senator as "losing his cool" over claims he lied to win military medals in Vietnam...
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Sen. John Kerry launched a series of blistering attacks on President Bush yesterday, saying the W in his opponent&#39;s name stands for &quot;wrong .
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A quick look at where Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry stands on key issues:
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For months on the campaign trail, John Kerry has criticized President Bush for running advertisements assailing the Democrat's record. Now, Kerry is the one on the attack.
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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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Senator John Kerry said today that the president has tried to sugarcoat some clear signs that the country is on the wrong path.
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Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry renewed his pointed attacks on President George W. Bush&#39;s handling of Iraq, accusing him of failing to &quot;level with the world&#39;s leaders&quot; about the war during his speech at the UN.
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The political winds seem to be blowing in US President George W. Bush&#39;s favour, but John Kerry, his Democratic rival, has launched a counterattack aiming to prove it&#39;s simply hot air.
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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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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday night urged President Bush to "stand up and stop" what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam.
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For nearly two weeks, Senator John F. Kerry had refrained from commenting directly on the crescendo of attacks on his Vietnam War record. The work was being left to campaign aides, who ...
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Former US president Bill Clinton has warned John Kerry he must sharpen his criticism of President George Bush&#39;s record to reinvigorate his candidacy if he hopes to win the election in November.
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Democrat John Kerry has mounted a furious counter-attack against George W. Bush on national security, seeking to regain momentum in their heated presidential race two weeks before polling day.
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EAST HAMPTON, NY Aug. 21, 2004 - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry on Saturday night urged President Bush to &quot;stand up and stop&quot; what he called personal attacks on him over his combat record in Vietnam.
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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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Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has stepped up criticism of President Bush&#39;s handling of Iraq, saying the Bush administration has made a &quot;series of catastrophic decisions&quot; in that country.
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WASHINGTON  John Kerry assumed his record of heroism in Vietnam would help him avoid the soft-on-defense attacks often leveled against Democrats who want to be commander in chief. He was right  but he didn&#39;t anticipate ...