Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vietnam veteran with three Purple Hearts, Kerry is no stranger to tough fights--which is what this battle with William Weld is. As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the popular two-term Senator sponsored a bill to lift the trade embargo on Vietnam. But as a friend of working families, he also sponsored the Family and Medical Leave Act. Now he must persuade voters that he has done more from the Capitol than Weld has done from the Statehouse...
Earlier this year Davis and his wife lost their only son tragically in an auto accident, but the candidate remained in the race. A Vietnam vet, in a district that's home to Offutt Air Force Base, he campaigns with the slogan "Helping Those Who Have Helped America." But the Second is an unpredictable district--once Democratic, now Republican--and Davis has a platform that seems to straddle the ideological fence: he wants less government and supports the death penalty, but would preserve Medicare funds and student loans...
Smith, with the American Conservative Union's lifetime rating of 96%, is one of Congress' most ideologically pure members. A Vietnam vet on the Armed Services Committee, he has adamantly supported high military spending. He also wrote parts of the G.O.P. crime bill, including a provision for mandatory minimum sentences for violent criminals...
...concerned citizen who reached the end of his patience over an "uncivil and ugly" Congress, Braden is riding to the rescue in the name of mainstream Americans. As a combat veteran--he served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars--he backs a strong national defense but also wants to crack down on inefficient Pentagon spending. His most dramatic proposal: to deprive the President and Congress of their full salary should they fail to pass a budget by Oct. 1 each year...
G.O.P. legend Robert Walker's retirement has left the 16th open, and Pitts wants to preserve its conservative legacy. This high-profile Chester County Republican emphasizes his credentials as a Vietnam veteran, former small-business owner and 24-year state legislator. In a Republican-leaning district, that adds to his edge...