Apr
30
2004
TV group to block broadcast of ‘Nightline’
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscripition), GA - 1 hour ago
By BILL CARTER. Sinclair Broadcast Group, one of the largest owners of local television stations, will pre-empt Friday night’s edition … |
`Nightline’ divides audience
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 1 hour ago
BY LIZ HALLORAN. HARTFORD, Conn. – (KRT) – ABC newsman Ted Koppel’s plan to devote tonight’s “Nightline” to reading the names of … |
TV group won’t air tribute to troops
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - 1 hour ago
NEW YORK — “Nightline” is calling today’s program a simple tribute. Others call it anti-war propaganda. And one TV station group is pre-empting it. … |
Nightline’: Tribute or anti-war rhetoric?
Seattle Post Intelligencer, WA - 2 hours ago
By FRAZIER MOORE. “Nightline” is calling tonight’s program a simple tribute. Others call it anti-war propaganda. And one TV-station group is pre-empting it. … |
‘Nightline’: Tribute or propaganda
MSNBC - 8 hours ago
“Nightline” is calling Friday’s program a simple tribute. Others call it anti-war propaganda. And one TV-station group is pre-empting it. … |
TV show to call roll of casualties in Iraq
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 12 hours ago
A plan to devote a full television program to a solemn roll call of US service people killed in Iraq is becoming the latest focus in the debate over the role … |
Nightline’ Fuels Iraq Images Feud
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - 20 hours ago
By Elizabeth Jensen, Times Staff Writer. NEW YORK — ABC News’ plan to devote Friday’s “Nightline” to a solemn roll call of US service … |
ABC News to air names and faces of war dead
Straits Times, Singapore - Apr 28, 2004
NEW YORK – In a conscious echo of a famous Vietnam War-era issue of Life magazine, the ABC News TV programme Nightline will broadcast tomorrow night the names … |
Roll call of US dead in Iraq
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Apr 28, 2004
A LEADING US television program will on Friday read out the names of all the more than 520 US soldiers killed in action in Iraq. … |
TV to list combat dead in Iraq
International Herald Tribune, France - Apr 28, 2004
NEW YORK In an echo of a Vietnam War-era issue of Life magazine, the ABC News program “Nightline” will broadcast Friday night the names and faces of every … |
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TV roll-call of US dead in Iraq
BBC News, UK - Apr 28, 2004
A US TV news programme will dedicate an entire broadcast to a reading of the names of more than 500 American service personnel killed in action in Iraq. … |
Hussein gets Red Cross visit
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - Apr 28, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq — A team from the international Red Cross visited ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on Tuesday to see the conditions in which the United … |
Nightline’ to Focus on US Dead in Iraq
Los Angeles Times (subscription), CA - Apr 28, 2004
NEW YORK — Ted Koppel will devote the entire half hour of Friday’s “Nightline” to reading names and showing photographs of the more than 500 US troops killed … |
Apr
29
2004
Lautenberg Blasts Cheney
New York Times, NY - 54 minutes ago
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ASHINGTON, April 28 — Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, Democrat of New Jersey, called Vice President Dick … |
Lautenberg Slams Cheney on War Stance
FOX News - 5 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg (search) on Wednesday called Vice President Dick Cheney (search) the “lead chicken … |
Senator Brands Cheney ‘Lead Chickenhawk’
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON – Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg on Wednesday called Vice President Dick Cheney the “lead chickenhawk” in an escalating … |
Weak End Warriors
Hartford Courant (subscription), CT - 8 hours ago
It’s a hard business but if you needed evidence of what a good thing it would be to head off for a six-month cruise of the South Seas to escape the … |
Candidates spar over an old war
Christian Science Monitor - 9 hours ago
By Liz Marlantes | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. WASHINGTON – From the start, the 2004 campaign has seemed destined … |
Kerry hits back at Bush on war service
International Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours ago
CLEVELAND As he spent a second day touring hard-hit industrial areas to highlight recent job losses, Senator John Kerry and his campaign escalated their attack … |
Kerry Campaigns on Manufacturing Jobs
Washington Post - 7 hours ago
In a speech at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, Mich., the four-term senator from Massachusetts charged that President Bush has failed to fight for US … |
Jonah Goldberg :
National Review Online - 14 hours ago
“Medalgate” — the inevitable name for the flap over Kerry’s flip-floppery about what he did and what he said about his medals — is an amusing spectacle … |
Spats of the past
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 15 hours ago
FOR THE MOMENT, anyway, the presidential race has regressed into the type of sound-bite triviality that keeps cable-news shows rolling 24/7 without providing … |
Comedians on the political campaign
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 16 hours ago
“There’s controversy about John Kerry throwing away his military medals and ribbons. Well, not to be outdone, President Bush threw … |
Kerry diverted from his jobs pitch
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 17 hours ago
Cleveland — John Kerry on Tuesday rolled through a crucial state hit hard by the manufacturing recession to talk about a national job “crisis” and his program … |
Kerry zeroes in on Cheney draft record
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - 17 hours ago
By Jill Zuckman, Tribune national correspondent. Jeff Zeleny of the Tribune’s Washington Bureau contributed to this report. CLEVELAND … |
Kerry predicts anger toward Bush, Cheney
Chicago Sun Times, IL - 18 hours ago
BY NEDRA PICKLER. CLEVELAND — John Kerry said Tuesday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney have no standing in criticizing … |
Kerry to detail his Iraq plan, foreign policy
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 19 hours ago
John Kerry plans to step up criticism of President Bush’s Iraq policy, even as their remedies echo each other. By JAMES KUHNHENN. WASHINGTON – With Sen. … |
Apr
28
2004
Why Kerry threw his ribbons
Salon (subscription) - 22 minutes ago
The veterans who tossed their medals at the steps of the US Capitol in 1971 just wanted to wake up their country to the disastrous tragedy of Vietnam. … |
Kerry Again Chides Bush on Guard Duty
Washington Post - 36 minutes ago
But, in what is becoming a familiar pattern in the early days of the presidential campaign, the Massachusetts Democrat was distracted, if not drowned out, by … |
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Attacked on defense issues, Kerry fires back
USA Today - 1 hour ago
By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY. CLEVELAND — John Kerry often talks about the lesson he learned from Michael Dukakis, Al Gore and Max Cleland: fight back or lose. … |
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Kerry Fires Back On Vietnam
CBS News - 4 hours ago
By David Paul Kuhn. By Dotty Lynch. By Dick Meyer. John Kerry headed a swift boat along the Mekong Delta, was shot at by Vietcong guerillas … |
Vietnam War Becomes Campaign Focus Again
San Jose Mercury News, CA - 6 hours ago
WASHINGTON – Even as US soldiers fight and die in new battles, a war three decades old hangs like a thick cloud over the presidential campaign, with John … |
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Why Vietnam remains a campaign issue
MSNBC - 7 hours ago
By Tom Curry. WASHINGTON – Nearly 30 years after the last United States soldier left Vietnam, the question of whether that war was … |
War record a minefield for Kerry
The Australian, Australia - 12 hours ago
JOHN Kerry’s Vietnam war record, which had been regarded as a potent weapon in the presidential election campaign, is in danger of causing the Democratic … |
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Cheney blasts Kerry record
CNN International - 12 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush on Tuesday speaks on health care to a group of veterans and a Veterans Affairs hospital group in Baltimore, Maryland, as Sen … |
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Kerry queries Bush on Vietnam
BBC News, UK - 13 hours ago
US Democrat presidential hopeful John Kerry has queried President George W Bush’s National Guard service during the Vietnam War. … |
Kerry and Cheney hurl tough personal attacks
International Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours ago
FULTON, Missouri In a day of piercing and personal exchanges, John Kerry questioned whether President George W. Bush skipped National Guard duty 30 years ago … |
Kerry questions Bush tour in Guard
Chicago Tribune (subscription), IL - 16 hours ago
By Jill Zuckman and Jeff Zeleny, Tribune national correspondents. Jill Zuckman reported from Canonsburg, Pa., and Jeff Zeleny reported from Washington. … |
Apr
27
2004
With tough week ahead, Cheney bridles, strikes
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 20 minutes ago
FULTON, Mo. – Vice President Dick Cheney, stepping forcefully into his role as John Kerry’s chief critic, questioned Monday whether … |
Candor from the candidates
USA Today - 36 minutes ago
For many voters, the 2004 presidential campaign already is more tedious than enlightening. The candidates snipe at each other’s records almost daily. … |
Bush ad blasts Kerry on defense
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 4 hours ago
By WILLIAM DOUGLAS. WASHINGTON – The Bush-Cheney campaign launched a new TV ad Monday charging that Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts … |
Dems take aim at Cheney; VP fires back
Kansas City Star (subscription), MO - 4 hours ago
By RON HUTCHESON. WASHINGTON – President Bush likes to tell audiences that Dick Cheney is “the greatest vice president the country … |
Cheney And Kerry Square Off
CBS News - 5 hours ago
By David Paul Kuhn. By Dotty Lynch. By Dick Meyer. Vice President Dick Cheney is attacking Sen. John Kerry in the area where the president … |
Bush campaign turns up heat on Kerry
swissinfo, Switzerland - 6 hours ago
By Steve Holland. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign has turned up the heat on Democrat rival John Kerry by. … |
Cheney takes GOP lead in challenging Kerry
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 8 hours ago
FULTON, Mo. – Vice President Dick Cheney, stepping forcefully into his role as John Kerry’s chief critic, questioned on Monday whether … |
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Democratic leader blasts Cheney
CNN - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney, who often serves as the administration’s point man in attacking White House hopeful John Kerry, was the subject … |
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Kerry Camp Fires Back
CBS News - 8 hours ago
By David Paul Kuhn. By Dotty Lynch. By Dick Meyer. (CBS/AP) It’s a big week for politics: the candidates can forget about any down time. The Sen. … |
Apr
26
2004
Bush, Kerry show new differences over Iraq
Daily Times, Pakistan - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON: As Iraq looms larger on the radar screens of US voters, new differences are emerging between President George W Bush and his Democratic challenger … |
US must change course: Kerry
The Australian, Australia - 2 hours ago
DEMOCRATIC presidential candidate John Kerry said today the United States must change course in Iraq in order to “be stronger abroad”. … |
Iraq/The Campaign
TIME - 4 hours ago
Democrats once thought a bleaker outlook in Iraq would help their nominee convince Americans that the time has come to find another Commander in Chief and that … |
Kerry attacked on cuts
International Herald Tribune, France - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON President George W. Bush’s campaign is unleashing a direct and meticulously planned assault on John Kerry’s national security credentials this week … |
Transcript: Campaign Chairmen on ‘FNS’
FOX News - 9 hours ago
CHRIS WALLACE, HOST, FOX NEWS SUNDAY: Charges, countercharges, and tens of millions spent over the airwaves, and it’s still only April. … |
Kerry, Bush not far apart on foreign policy
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 14 hours ago
With US casualties mounting steadily in Iraq, Americans can expect heated debates in the coming months between President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. … |
BUSH’S ATTACK ADS
San Jose Mercury News, CA - 17 hours ago
By Jim Rutenberg and Adam Nagourney. WASHINGTON – President Bush’s campaign is unleashing a direct and meticulously planned assault … |
Iraq could be Kerry’s quagmire, not Bush’s
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 16 hours ago
The conventional wisdom would have you think Iraq is turning into George Bush’s quagmire, his Vietnam. Well, as the war gets worse … |
Apr
25
2004
Bush’s Oratory Helps Maintain Support for War
Washington Post - 41 minutes ago
Even with the loss of more than 700 US troops in Iraq, recent uprisings against the US-led occupation there, a dwindling number of allies and the failure to … |
Supporters, foes to Kerry: We hardly know ye
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 1 hour ago
By DAVID JACKSON / The Dallas Morning News. NEW ORLEANS – Supporters touted Bill Clinton as a “New Democrat.” George W. Bush preferred … |
War course gets bumpy for Bush
Dallas Morning News (subscription), TX - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON – President Bush slipped into an olive-drab flight suit nearly a year ago and flew to the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to declare an end … |
A Matter of Trust
New York Times - 15 hours ago
Americans are becoming frustrated with the war in Iraq and are critical of President Bush’s handling of a host of issues including the economy, job creation … |
National polls don’t tell the story
Boston Globe, MA - 18 hours ago
By Dan Payne | April 24, 2004. BIG KAHUNA. President Bush surfs waves of bad publicity from 9/11 hearings, runaway death and disorder … |
Kerry Pledges to Press for Abortion Rights
NPR (audio) - 18 hours ago
Description: President Bush’s Democratic challenger, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, says he will make abortion rights a major theme of his campaign. … |
Campaign 2004 Briefs
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - 20 hours ago
President Bush is spending nearly $10 million over 12 days on campaign advertising with commercials that seek to portray Democratic rival John Kerry as weak on … |
Kerry seeks common front with Bush
Times of India, India - 21 hours ago
WASHINGTON: US Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has sought to present a common front with President George W. Bush on terrorism and the Middle East … |
Kerry as a Rich Target
Washington Post, DC - Apr 23, 2004
By John F. Harris. When Democrat John F. Kerry talks about gun control, he reminds his audiences that he is “a lifelong hunter and … |
Bush Spending Nearly $10M on Campaign Ads
Miami Herald (subscription), FL - Apr 23, 2004
WASHINGTON – President Bush is spending nearly $10 million over 12 days on campaign advertising with commercials that seek to portray Democratic rival John … |
Kerry Plays Rope-a-Dope
CBS News - Apr 23, 2004
When John Kerry was a swift-boat commander in Vietnam, his job was to steer his small, noisy vessel down the Mekong Delta in an attempt to draw enemy fire. … |
Kerry runs the character gauntlet
USA Today - Apr 23, 2004
WASHINGTON (GNS) — The questions most asked of a political reporter go something like this: “OK, what’s the real story? What’s he/she really like?”. … |
Apr
24
2004
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US contractor fired for coffin photo
Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago
BEIJING, April 24, (Xinhuanet) — A US contractor and her husband have been fired after her photograph of 20 flag-draped coffins of US troops going home from … |
Pictures of coffins anger Pentagon
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON: Photographs of the flag-draped coffins of US soldiers killed in Iraq played big in the US Press yesterday, angered the Pentagon and sparked public … |
Banned photos slip through
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
By Alec Russell. Americans have seen their first pictures of flag-draped coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq after the Pentagon briefly … |
Not for public eyes
Straits Times, Singapore - 4 hours ago
DOVER (Delaware) – Hundreds of photos of flag-draped caskets carrying dead soldiers from Iraq have hit the Internet, infuriating the Bush administration. … |
Pentagon laments Iraq coffin photos
ABC Online, Australia - 4 hours ago
The Pentagon says it is concerned hundreds of photos of military coffins returning from Iraq have been published on the Internet. … |
Legal scramble over coffin photos
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 8 hours ago
PHOTOS of the flag-draped coffins of US soldiers killed in Iraq played big in the US press today, angering the Pentagon and sparking public debate over which … |
Pictures of dead US soldiers provoke outrage
Rediff, India - 9 hours ago
United States defence officials are discovering that photographs of dead soldiers can wipe off the sheen from their propaganda campaign to convince American … |
The images Bush tried to keep hidden…
Independent Online, South Africa - 12 hours ago
Dover, Delaware – A website has published dozens of photographs of American war dead arriving at the country’s largest military mortuary, leading the Pentagon … |
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Photos released in error
The Age, Australia - 12 hours ago
By Caroline Overington. A US Air Force photograph of coffins being unloaded at a base that doubles as a soldiers’ mortuary in Delaware. … |
Apr
22
2004
Kerry Highly Praised in Military Records
11 minutes ago
Records of John Kerry’s Vietnam War service released Wednesday show a highly praised naval officer who volunteered for a dangerous assignment and at one point was “unofficially credited with 20 enemy killed in action.”
