John Kerry

I think two terms at Vietnam qualifies one to be commander-in-chief more than five deferments.

I am not going to have my commitment to defend this country questioned by those who refused to serve when they could have, and by those who have misled the nation into Iraq.

Those who fought for our country abroad should never have to fight for what they were promised back here at home.

I would have given the inspectors the time they needed to do the job. I would have made sure that we listened to our senior military advisers.

I don't think we need what President Bush has defined as a 'catastrophic success.' I think we need a real success.

With the right policies, this is a war we can win. This is a war we must win. And this is a war we will win.

Today's actions fall short.

I'm absolutely telling you the God's honest truth about what happened and what took place over there.

And the census figures are facts. They're not political diatribe. They don't have a political label on them. They're facts, statistics, and they tell a story when you add them all up.

Does Kerry now want to keep the controversy alive?

Today Senator Kerry accused the president of using, in his words, the tactics of smear and fear.

The Bush campaign and its allies have turned to the tactics of fear and smear, because they can't talk about jobs, health care, energy, independence, and rebuilding our alliances.

Next week, at Madison Square Garden, the Republican convention will focus on slogans, excuses, and attack politics. And mark my words, they're going to bend over backwards with last-minute proposals and last-minute promises to make up for…

Kerry blasts Bush for a fear-and-smear campaign.

Labor representatives and the Kerry campaign say the move amounts to a pay cut for six million Americans.

The Kerry campaign has challenged the president to condemn the swift boat ads.

He betrayed all his ship mates, he lied before the Senate.

Stop the swift boat smear.

Kerry's campaign accuses the group of coordinating illegally with the Bush campaign.

We're just going to go back to where we were with Bill Clinton, when people got rich and the country did well.

If he want to have a debate about our service in Vietnam, here is my answer -- bring it on!

I volunteered for the duty that we had. I didn't make it controversial. The war and the times were.

Both Kerry and Bush have spent a lot of time and a lot of money in the Buckeye State, with good reason. It's a battleground state with 20 electoral votes.

I think we can significantly change the deployment of troops, not just there, but elsewhere in the world, in the Korean peninsula, perhaps, in Europe, perhaps.

The president's vaguely stated plan does not strengthen our hand in the war on terror. It in no way relieves the strain on our overextended military personnel...