[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      KERRY, A DECORATED WAR HERO

  (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I was actually baffled to hear that some 
of my colleagues came to the floor this morning to criticize John Kerry 
in his capacity as an enlisted soldier and war veteran. John Kerry, the 
highly decorated hero, recipient of the Silver Star, Bronze Star, three 
Purple Hearts, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, 
Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam 
Service Medal and the Vietnam Campaign Medal, that John Kerry was 
blasted and accused of being unpatriotic for being critical of the 
Commander-in-Chief during the Vietnam War.
  I am baffled that my colleagues would even choose to go there because 
our current Commander-in-Chief has, what can I say, a less than heroic 
military career, and the majority of the Americans are more than a 
little concerned about a President who has sent our soldiers into 
battle without an exit strategy, without a post-Saddam plan and without 
body armor.

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