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To: Kevin Rose who wrote (607318)	8/21/2004 1:57:14 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 769670

Navy commander, journalist, backs Kerry on Vietnam Bush campaign accused of breaking the law over ad MSNBC staff and news service reports Updated: 1:19 p.m. ET Aug. 21, 2004PITTSBURGH - An American journalist who commanded a boat alongside John Kerry in Vietnam broke a 35-year silence Saturday and defended the Democratic presidential candidate against Republican critics of his military service. advertisement The former commander's statements came a day after the Democratic nominee filed a complaint with federal officials that accused the president’s re-election campaign of breaking the law over a TV ad that denigrates Kerry's Vietnam war record. Weighing in on what has become the most bitterly divisive issue of the 2004 campaign for the White House, William Rood of the Chicago Tribune said the tales told by Kerry's detractors are untrue. "There were three swift boats on the river that day in Vietnam more than 35 years ago -- three officers and 15 crew members. Only two of those officers remain to talk about what happened on February 28, 1969," he wrote in a story that appeared on the newspaper's Web site Saturday. "One is John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate who won a Silver Star for what happened on that date. I am the other." Before now, wanting to put memories of war and killing behind him, Rood had refused all requests for interviews on the subject, including from his own newspaper. "But Kerry's critics, armed with stories I know to be untrue, have charged that the accounts of what happened were overblown." he wrote. "The critics have taken pains to say they're not trying to cast doubts on the merit of what others did, but their version of events has splashed doubt on all of us. "It's gotten harder and harder for those of us who were there to listen to accounts we know to be untrue, especially when they come from people who were not there," he added.

To: Kevin Rose who wrote (607318)	8/21/2004 2:00:49 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

kevie is all mixed up and mixing reports from different actions. But every time a new expert jumps up, all reveiw all and the truth becomes known by more and more and more. KERRY: "... crimes committed on a day-to-day basis ..." CORDIER: "He betrayed us in the past. How could we be loyal to him now?" KERRY: "... ravaged the countryside of South Vietnam ..." GALANTI: "He dishonored his country and, more importantly, the veterans he served with. He sold them out."