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Article: Kerry's daughter talks at `U'; Vanessa Kerry wants more money for education, and tuition tax credits.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 12, 2004
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Byline: Pat Doyle; Staff Writer
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's daughter Vanessa touted more money for elementary- and secondary-school education and tax credits for college tuition in an appearance Saturday at the University of Minnesota.
She also denounced the Republican campaign and commercials by a group of Vietnam veterans who have made unproven claims challenging her father's war record.
"There has been a policy of attack politics coming from the other side that has just been a hatefest," she said, adding that she believes that the result has been to push serious issues to the sidelines. "If they are attacking John Kerry, ...