Kerry Fights Back Against GOP Attacks

NPR | By Scott Horsley

Published September 3, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Within minutes of the Republican convention's end, Sen. John Kerry responds to GOP attacks, including suggestions he's unfit to lead. Kerry says he won't have his commitment questioned by those whom he says refused to serve in Vietnam and misled America into Iraq. Hear NPR's Scott Horsley.

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