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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: John Kerry military service controversy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Defenders of John Kerry's service record, including virtually all of his former crewmates, have stated that SBVT's accusations are false, and furthermore, contend the allegations are refuted by official records and statements of eyewitnesses.
		One of Kerry's crewmen, Steven Gardner, asserted that it was physically impossible to cross the Cambodian border, as it was blocked and patrolled by PBRs (a type of patrol boat) [49]; however, Kerry's boat was evidently patrolling with PBRs as part of the mission in question [50].
		Kerry has said that his first memory is from when he was three years old, of holding his crying mother's hand while they walked through the broken glass and rubble of her childhood home in Saint-Briac, France.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Kerry-military-service-controversy (5644 words)

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		Kerry attacked President Bush for a "failed security policy." Yet his apology, issued after prominent Democrats urged him to cancel public appearances, was designed to quell a controversy that party leaders feared would stall their drive for big gains on Nov. 7.
		Kerry's inartful comment from the last election that he voted for $87 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before he voted against it.
		Kerry by name, but she cautioned that Americans discussing the war should be careful.
	www.wwltv.com /sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/stories/110206dnnatkerrybush.2ea95ea.html (542 words)

	John Kerry information - Search.com
		John Kerry was born in the west wing of Fitzsimons Army Hospital in Aurora, Colorado outside Denver, where his father, Richard Kerry, a World War II Army Air Corps test pilot, had been undergoing treatment for tuberculosis.
		Kerry has said that his first memory is from when he was three years old, of holding his crying mother's hand while they walked through the broken glass and rubble of her childhood home in Saint-Briac, France.
		Kerry and the other officers reported that the "free-fire zone" policy was alienating the Vietnamese and that the Swift boats' actions were not accomplishing their ostensible goal of interdicting Viet Cong supply lines.
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/John_Kerry (8679 words)

	Bush Calls Kerry Remarks Insulting to U.S. Troops - washingtonpost.com
		John F. Kerry of disparaging U.S. troops in Iraq, echoing the 2004 strategy of ridiculing the Massachusetts senator to raise anew questions about Democratic leaders and their commitment to the troops.
		John McCain (R-Ariz.), the American Legion and many GOP candidates pounced on the comment from the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee to accuse him of insulting U.S. troops.
		In his defense, Kerry said that his comment was a "botched joke" and that he was referring to Bush's intellect, not that of American military personnel serving in Iraq.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/31/AR2006103100649_pf.html (937 words)

	John Kerry
		Kerry is the third child of Richard John Kerry and Rosemary Forbes Kerry.
		Kerry still has shrapnel in his left thigh because the doctors tending to him decided to remove the damaged tissue and close the wound with sutures rather than make a wide opening to remove the shrapnel [12].
		John Kerry is a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, which advocates centrist and liberal positions.
	www.link-ex.net /wiki_en/?title=John_Kerry (9019 words)

	George W. Bush military service controversy
		The George W. Bush military service controversy is an ongoing American political controversy regarding U.S. President George W. Bush and the differing contentions about his service with the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.
		The controversy was discussed in the mass media during the 2000 presidential campaign and again in the 2004 presidential campaign.
		Arguments have been made that since Bush's service should have ended in May 1974 (he enlisted in May 1968 and had a six-year obligation), there was some sort of disciplinary action involved with his discharge from the Texas Air National Guard that resulted in an additional six months of obligated service.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/ge/george_w__bush_military_service_controversy.html (4434 words)

	Media Matters - Media ignored context of Kerry's remarks and acknowledgments by prominent Republicans that Kerry did ...
		Kerry's explanation that his comments were a "botched joke" is further bolstered by the fact that they came in the context of other quips regarding Bush's Iraq policy, as an October 31 Associated Press article noted:
		Kerry told a college crowd Monday: "You know education, if you make the most of it, and you study hard, and you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well.
		Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, said his comments at Pasadena City College in Southern California were distorted by "assorted right-wing nut jobs." He said he was trying to make a joke about Bush and his team's preparations for the Iraq war.
	www.mediamatters.org /items/200611010012 (4302 words)

	John Kerry military service controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The John Kerry military service controversy describes a political issue that gained widespread public attention during John Kerry's candidacy in the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign.
		The central issue of the controversy is John Kerry's Vietnam war record.
		One of Kerry's crewmen, Steven Gardner, asserted that it was physically impossible to cross the Cambodian border, as it was blocked and patrolled by PBRs (a type of patrol boat) [50]; however, Kerry's boat was evidently patrolling with PBRs as part of the mission in question [51].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Kerry_military_service_controversy (4846 words)

	The Kerry Spot on National Review Online
		JOHN ROBERTS: To hear President Bush tell it today, there was nothing to suggest even the hint of controversy surrounding his stint with the national guard.
		Or what controversy there is pales in comparison to a major network running a hoax and then refusing to retract it.
		And the suggestion that this one relative of a fallen soldier is representative of all military families!
	www.nationalreview.com /kerry/kerry200409142231.asp (949 words)

	Combative Kerry fanned flames of controversy - The Boston Globe
		Kerry, Dean's rival at the time for the Democratic nomination, happily poured gas on the flames, criticizing Dean for failing to understand the American people's profound sense of relief at Hussein's capture.
		Kerry, while testing the waters for another presidential run, has sought to atone for his alleged mishandling of the "swift boat" attacks in innumerable ways, most recently by rushing to the side of Democratic House candidates who've had their own military records questioned.
		But Kerry isn't on the ballot this year, and when Bush and his loyalists sought to make an issue of Kerry's statement about low-performing students "stuck in Iraq," he probably could have ducked out of the line of attack.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/11/02/after_itching_for_a_fight_senator_gets_battered?mode=PF (756 words)

	Bush, Kerry step up attacks on each other
		Kerry, facing criticism for calling his Republican critics on Wednesday a "crooked, lying group," refused to apologize for his remarks and said the claims in Bush's ads were false.
		Kerry, returning to Capitol Hill for only the second time this year, held meetings with House and Senate Democrats and the fl and Hispanic caucuses before concluding the day by meeting with former rival John Edwards, who dropped out of the race last week, and dozens of his top financial supporters.
		Kerry refused to back down, citing Bush's bitter presidential primary campaign against Arizona Sen. John McCain in 2000 and attacks on Georgia Sen. Max Cleland, a Vietnam War veteran who lost three limbs in the war, in 2002 as examples of the "Republican attack squad" at work.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-03/12/content_314063.htm (816 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		SBVT asserted that Kerry was "unfit to serve" as President based upon his alleged "willful distortion of the conduct" of American servicemen during that war, and his alleged "withholding and/or distortion of material facts" as to his own conduct during that war.
		(See John Kerry military service controversy.) Further, SBVT said that Kerry's later criticism of the unpopular war was a "betrayal of trust" with other soldiers, and that by his activism he had caused direct and inexcusable "harm" to soldiers still at war.
		John Kerry claims that he spent Christmas in 1968 in Cambodia and that is categorically a lie.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Swift_Vets_and_POWs_for_Truth (4500 words)

	NPR : David Welna
		In his report, Taguba chides military intelligence officials for putting under their command poorly trained military police at Abu Ghraib and for involving them in efforts to make detainees more cooperative in interrogation sessions.
		Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, which heard from senior military officers, called for investigations and accused the Pentagon of a cover-up.
		Kerry said America faces a "moment of truth" in Iraq, and he used the occasion to call on President Bush to broaden the international coalition in Iraq.
	www.npr.org /templates/archives/archive.php?thingId=1934700&startNum=3&pageNum=31 (897 words)

	CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Politics :: Kerry 'sorry' about Iraq remark
		In a brief statement, Kerry attacked President Bush for a ''failed security policy.'' Yet his apology, issued after prominent Democrats had urged him to cancel public appearances, was designed to quell a controversy that party leaders feared would stall their drive for big gains on Nov. 7.
		The jab was designed to recall Kerry's inartful comment from the last election that he had voted for $87 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan before he voted against it.
		The controversy erupted at a time Democrats were growing increasingly confident of winning a majority of the House in next week's elections, and achieving significant gains in the Senate, if not outright control.
	www.suntimes.com /news/politics/118891,CST-NWS-kerry01.article (1142 words)

	Media Matters for America
		John Kerry, according to every available piece of documentary evidence, including official U.S. Navy records, served bravely and honorably, won five medals (including three Purple Hearts), and saved a crewmate's life.
		Another example of a clear-cut Bush lie about his military record that has gone almost completely unnoticed by the media this year is a false claim he made in his autobiography about how long he flew jets for the Guard.
		Kerry seems to have a lot of trouble remembering dates -- when and if he was in Cambodia; who was president -- Nixon or Johnson -- when he was assigned to Vietnam; what bills in Congress he worked for and when; cannot remember if he campaigned in Oregon or California for George McGovern.
	www.commondreams.org /news2004/0831-03.htm (2025 words)

	Science Fair Projects - George W. Bush military service controversy
		Bush's six year obligation to serve required him to maintain his immediate readiness as an individual and a member of a unit to be called to active duty in the event of a national emergency.
		Later, Barnes repeated these claims in a speech to his fellow Kerry supporters in Texas and in an interview with CBS News on Sept. 8, 2004.
		Bear stated "I know he served" because he had to regularly reschedule meetings, but also stated "I didn't see him in uniform." When later back in Texas, she frequently saw him in uniform, stating "I think he was mostly just flying in circles over Houston." [13].
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/George_W._Bush_military_service_controversy (4754 words)

	FOXNews.com - Swift Boat Vets to Launch Another Ad - You Decide 2004
		Kerry's campaign said the meetings were not part of any negotiation with the enemy but were part of Kerry's fact-finding efforts relating to the war and ways to win the release of U.S. prisoners of war.
		Kerry's camp denies a Kerry meeting with the North Vietnamese in the summer of 1971.
		Kerry's campaign said the Code of Military Justice did not apply to him because he was on inactive duty status.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,133060,00.html (576 words)

	Sen. John Kerry on Imus: ‘I Told the Truth’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		John Kerry dug a hole even deeper Wednesday morning as he tried to explain his way out of the comments that have ignited rage throughout the United States, particularly among veterans, military members and their families.
		Kerry refused to stop talking and refused again to apologize for his remarks, instead demanding that the Bush administration apologize for its "mishandling” of the Iraq war.
		That group openly campaigned against Kerry, saying his comments upon returning to the United States after his military service — including his Senate testimony about U.S. soldiers raping and murdering innocent women and children — were harmful to the morale of U.S. troops and led to more lives being lost.
	www.newsmax.com /archives/ic/2006/11/1/124444.shtml?s=tn (670 words)

	What's Really Going on in Iraq
		Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, a strong critic of President Bush's Iraq war policy, believes Americans should see more truth, not less: "Snipers are a reality.
		Kerry blames the Bush administration for "a calculated effort to hide the reality of war." He also notes that media cutbacks in Iraq coverage also mean Americans receive fewer close-ups of war's brutality.
		The Bush administration calls this a matter of respect, but it is also a way to sanitize a war that has taken the lives of nearly 2,800 Americans and, by one study, more than half a million Iraqis.
	www.commondreams.org /views06/1022-21.htm (857 words)

	The American Spectator
		And there is all the controversy about young Kerry's dealings with the North Vietnamese in Paris while the war was going on and he was still in the service.
		Kerry's statement is long and lurid, and the Swifties gladly reproduced a tape of it during the 2004 election.
		They include Kerry's entire chain of command while in Vietnam, the vast majority of officers who served with him, the attending physician to his alleged wounds, and his longest serving crew member.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=10024 (677 words)

	Media Monitor - John Kerry Challenged To Come Clean - March 10, 2004
		Kerry came back from Vietnam and turned against the war when he thought it could benefit him politically.
		It said that Kerry "found that being a veteran could be a drawback" when he was looking for a congressional district in Massachusetts to run for Congress.
		By contrast, the paper stonewalled the Kerry bimbo rumor and glosses over the matter of Kerry making false allegations against his fellow soldiers while they were fighting and dying on the battlefield.
	www.aim.org /media_monitor/A934_0_2_0_C (544 words)

	Navy probes Kerry medals - National - www.theage.com.au
		But in the past month, details of his military service have become shrouded in a controversy that the navy has now decided warrants a full-blown search for the truth.
		Last week the Kerry campaign attempted to leave the Vietnam debate behind, as signs appeared that the controversy was damaging Senator Kerry's standing in the polls.
		Among the records to be examined is a citation of Senator Kerry for bravery that was apparently signed by former navy secretary John Lehman and contributed to the awarding of his Silver Star.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/09/05/1094322640717.html?from=storyrhs (652 words)

	WWLTV.com \| News for New Orleans, Louisiana \| Politics
		Sen. John Kerry, meanwhile, Bush's opponent in the 2004 race for the White House, was regrouping a day after apologizing to service members for remarks that many interpreted as an insult to U.S. forces in Iraq - and which knocked him off the trail, at least temporarily.
		Kerry apologized to "any service member, family member or American" offended by remarks deemed by Republicans and some Democrats alike to be insulting to U.S. forces in Iraq.
		In a brief statement, Kerry attacked Bush for a "failed security policy." Yet his apology, issued after prominent Democrats had urged him to cancel public appearances, was designed to quell a controversy that party leaders feared would stall their drive for big gains on Nov. 7.
	www.wwltv.com /sharedcontent/washington/politics_topstories/110206ccjccwNatCampaign.dfb1d7f.html (975 words)

	Controversy
		Controversy in matters of theology has traditionally been particularly heated, giving rise to odium theologicum.
		Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party" (Article 3, Section 2).
		On the other hand, controversy is also used in advertising to try to draw attention to a product or idea by labeling it as controversial, even if the idea has become widely accepted to a given segment of the population.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2Fen%2Fcontroversy (477 words)

	John Kerry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kerry said that he had intended the remark as a jab at President Bush, but he had inadvertently left out the key word "us." Kerry and his aides described these remarks as a "botched joke" aimed at President Bush.
		Kerry is 6 ft 4in (1.93 m) [58], enjoys surfing and windsurfing, as well as ice hockey, hunting, and playing bass guitar.
		Kerry is described by Sports Illustrated, among others, as an "avid cyclist" [60][61], primarily riding on a road bike.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_F._Kerry (9047 words)

	Kerry campaign says that the publisher of UNFIT FOR COMMAND is 'publishing a hoax'. [Archive] - The Forum at ...
		The Kerry campaign calls on a publisher to 'withdraw book' written by group of veterans, claiming veterans are lying about Kerry's service in Vietnam and operating as a front organization for Bush.
		Kerry campaign has told Salon.com that the publisher of UNFIT FOR COMMAND is 'retailng a hoax'...'No publisher should want to be selling books with proven falsehoods in them,' Kerry campaign spokesman Chad Clanton tells the online mag...
		If he really wants to put an end to this controversy, he should get Hanoi Jane and her Vaginas for Votes group to tell America that the Swifties are wrong; they all were there just like Carville, Stephanopolis, and Bile Clinton so they know that Kerry speaks not with divided tongue.
	www.gopusa.com /forum/archive/index.php/t-13878.html (1472 words)

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