Veterans Dispatched with Dueling Letters ; Bush, Kerry Told to Leave Vietnam War in the Past

The Washington Times › August 26, 2004

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Bush and Kerry campaign managers yesterday dispatched dueling Vietnam veterans to deliver letters demanding that the other side stop using the Vietnam war, now more than 30 years in the past, as a campaign weapon.

The duel began when Max Cleland, the former Democratic senator from Georgia, tried to deliver a letter to President Bush at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. But Mr. Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam, never got within sight of the president's house. Access was blocked by a permanent barrier manned by a Secret Service agent and a Texas state trooper. Neither would accept the letter.

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Veterans Dispatched with Dueling Letters ; Bush, Kerry Told to Leave Vietnam War in the Past

Mr. Cleland held an impromptu press conference to accuse the president of orchestrating a series of TV commercials by the independent "527" group, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, criticizing Sen. ...

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