Kerry was in Vietnam? I have never seen such an obvious use of the wire services for distributing unfiltered press releases from a political campaign.
Timeline of Kerry's military service
With Politics, Bjt ***More than 20 years later, questions raised about Bush's Vietnam-era Guard service:
October 1994: During his gubernatorial run against then-Texas Gov. Ann Richards, reporters question whether Bush used family connections to receive preferential treatment getting into the National Guard to avoid the draft. Bush denied the accusation. ***
The Guardian - Kerry Campaign Unfazed by Bush Attacks