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WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The White House continued to hammer on Sen. John Kerry Wednesday, with Vice President Dick Cheney leading off a second day of criticism of the Massachusetts Democrat. *** Bush mentioned the controversy during a campaign speech in Georgia, and Cheney picked up the baton Wednesday with remarks prepared for a rally in Montana later in the day. "Well, apparently Senator Kerry's the one who needs to be educated," Cheney said in excerpts of remarks prepared for delivery at the event. "Of course, now Senator Kerry says he was just making a joke, and he botched it up....

WASHINGTON - The White House and Sen. John Kerry traded their harshest accusations since the 2004 presidential race on Tuesday, with President Bush accusing the Democrat of troop-bashing and Kerry calling the president's men hacks who are “willing to lie.” * * * White House press secretary Tony Snow was asked about Kerry's comment at his regular briefing with reporters, and had clearly come prepared with a lengthy attack. He said the quote “fits a pattern” of negative remarks about U.S. soldiers from the decorated Vietnam veteran and suggested that whether Democratic candidates - particularly those running on their military...