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For Kerry, the public showdown with Pickens represents not only a belated engagement with old antagonists, but also an early strike against a Democratic primary opponent who signaled Monday that he welcomes the scrutiny of Kerry's military record initiated by the Swift Boat ad campaign in 2004. "It goes to his credibility," said Ed O'Reilly, a Gloucester lawyer mounting a challenge to Kerry in the Democratic primary. "It needs to be cleared up." [snip] As it stands, the man most welcoming of the return to the conflicts of 2004 is O'Reilly, who is attacking Kerry as not opposing the Iraq...

A Statement from John Kerry As a combat veteran, I want to make it clear to anyone in uniform and to their loved ones: my poorly stated joke at a rally was not about, and never intended to refer to any troop. I sincerely regret that my words were misinterpreted to wrongly imply anything negative about those in uniform, and I personally apologize to any service member, family member, or American who was offended. It is clear the Republican Party would rather talk about anything but their failed security policy. I don’t want my verbal slip to be a diversion...

Israeli About-Face: We Won´t Interfere if Hamas Terrorists Run 14:31 Nov 04, '05 / 2 Cheshvan 5766 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu The Sharon government, in a 180-degree turn, said it will not interfere if Hamas terrorists run in PA elections. PM Sharon said last month," We will never agree" to their participation. Defense Minister Sha'ul Mofaz told Army Radio of the new Israeli policy following his meeting with United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington on Wednesday. Mofaz repeated the American position that Hamas participation in the Palestinian Authority (PA) legislative elections scheduled for January is an internal...

Instruction and information sheet for SF 180Attention Freepers - this is the form Kerry needs to fill out to release his military records. Since the good senator is obviously having problems locating this form to release his records, it is incumbent upon us to assist Mr. Kerry in locating the form and releasing his records. This morning, I printed out copies of SF-180 and mailed them to Kerry campaign headquarters and the DNC. I also faxed copies to the Kerry Campaign, as assurance they receive the form. Just a friendly suggestion to assist the senator. Kerry-Edwards 2004, Inc. P.O. Box...