Prince Charles visits Iraq as Japanese troops deploy
U N experts meet Iraqi leaders to discuss early elections while Prince Charles visits Basra soldiers and thanks them for securing the south. A Japanese convoy arrives in southeastern Iraq amid a US plan to transfer sovereignty by June 30. Insurgents attack convoys, killing one soldier and wounding three near Mahmudiyah.
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Echoes of Vietnam shape Kerry and Bush presidential race
The piece compares John Kerry and George W. Bush from Yale classes of 1966 and 1968, detailing their Vietnam era choices. It notes Kerry enlisted after graduation, Bush joined the National Guard, and both men’ s paths influence the 2004 race while commentators offer balanced assessments of military service and political use of past actions.
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