Bush: Kerry's Vietnam Tour 'More Heroic'
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President Bush said opponent John Kerry's service was "more heroic" than his during Vietnam, in an interview shown Saturday on NBC News.
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President Bush, accused by Democrats of joining the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam and then shirking his duty, told a Guard convention on Tuesday he is proud of his service but did not address lingering questions about his record.
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BOSTON - In the wake of criticisms about his actions in Vietnam, John Kerry challenged US President George W. Bush to debate their wartime service records.
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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 faced fresh questions about his Vietnam War-era service as he and his Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry, campaigned in key states ahead of the November 2 election.
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WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia  - President George W. Bush, speaking to House of Representatives Democrats he has battled for six years, said on Saturday said he welcomed a vigorous debate on his plans to increase U.S. combat troops in Iraq and he did not question the patriotism of critics.
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LAS VEGAS Sept. 14, 2004 - President Bush told veterans Tuesday he was proud of his time in the Texas Air National Guard and sought to deflect questions about his Vietnam-era service by turning the subject
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Some see U.S. presidential challenger  Senator John Kerry as an articulate war hero with credentials  to lead a superpower, others are grateful President Bush  toppled Saddam Hussein.
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President Bush praised John Kerry's military service as honorable on Thursday but declined to condemn ads from Vietnam veterans who questioned the Massachusetts senator's military record.
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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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President George W Bush&#39;s record serving in the National Guard during the Vietnam War became the focus of the increasingly heated election campaign yesterday.
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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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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 22 -- President Bush defended his ongoing military commitment in Iraq by linking the conflict there to the Vietnam War, arguing Wednesday that withdrawing U.S. troops would lead to widespread death and suffering as it did in Southeast Asia three decades ago.
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President Bush is extending his criticism of Sen. John Kerry on national security to the fund-raising front, telling prospective GOP donors in an e-mail pitch that a Kerry presidency "would make for a more dangerous world."
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Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said President George W. Bush has a secret plan to call up more National Guard and Reserve troops after the Nov. 2 election.
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Democratic Senator John Kerry accused President George W. Bush of using a front group to do the "dirty work" of attacking his Vietnam War record.
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President Bush, accused by Democrats  of joining the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam and  then shirking his duty, told a Guard convention on Tuesday he  is proud of his service but did not address lingering questions  about his record.