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Sen. Kerry, President Bush Outline Healthcare Plans
June 23, 2004
President Bush told congregants at a Baptist church in Philadelphia today that he would like to increase the funding to fight HIV/AIDS in America and abroad. Meanwhile, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., criticized the president's health care policies at a speech in San Francisco.

527 Groups Spend Vast Sums on Political Television Ads
June 22, 2004
As the campaign season heats up, independent conservative and liberal groups are running numerous television ads that invoke powerful images, including those of former President Reagan, the Halliburton corporation and scenes from the war on terror.

Candidates Seek Boost From Economic News
June 15, 2004
President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry used economic indicators to argue for their economic plans in separate speeches Tuesday.

Presidential Campaigns Battle in the Air and on the Web
June 2, 2004
Ad WarWell ahead of the national conventions, the campaigns of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, and President George W. Bush have already saturated the airwaves and Internet alike with political advertising. Terence Smith speaks with Brooks Jackson, director of FactCheck.org of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, about the ads and the veracity of claims from the Bush and Kerry campaigns.

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