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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: American Spirit who wrote (395453)4/20/2003 9:50:42 PM
From: Jerrel Peters  Read Replies (2) of 769670
 
KERRY MISSES MASS. SOLDIER'S FUNERAL FOR FUNDRAISERS

So why wasn't U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry [D-MA] at last week's funeral of Matthew Boule, 22, the Dracut, Massachusetts native who was the state's first soldier to die in the Iraq war?

Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, was in Arizona on Tuesday -- fundraising and campaigning -- the very hour Boule was being buried, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.

Kerry's office did not respond to a request for comment.

Boule was a crew chief on a Black Hawk helicopter with the Army's 3rd Infantry Division. He died while fighting in Iraq on April 2. Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, a republican, attended his funeral.

Kerry missed the service honoring Boule to speak to the Arizona Democratic Caucus, where he proposed a "Veterans Prescription Drug Reform Act."

Life is for the living, as Kerry outlined a plan that could reduce the backlog of veterans waiting to see doctors.
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