Clipmarks | Vietnam ClipsCandidate?s Words on Vietnam Service Differ From Historyclipped by: merrieclippers remarks: The deferments allowed Mr. Blumenthal to complete his studies at Harvard; pursue a graduate fellowship in England; serve as a special assistant to The Washington Postâs publisher, Katharine Graham; and ultimately take a job in the Nixon White House. In 1970, with his last deferment in jeopardy, he landed a coveted spot in the Marine Reserve, which virtually guaranteed that he would not be sent to Vietnam. He joined a unit in Washington that conducted drills and other exercises and focused on local projects, like fixing a campground and organizing a Toys for Tots drive. Read full article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/nyregion/18blumenthal.html   Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is running for a seat in the Senate. At a ceremony honoring veterans and senior citizens who sent presents to soldiers overseas, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut rose and spoke of an earlier time in his life. ?We have learned something important since the days that I served in Vietnam,? Mr. Blumenthal said to the group gathered in Norwalk in March 2008. ?And you exemplify it. Whatever we think about the war, whatever we call it ? Afghanistan or Iraq ? we owe our military men and women unconditional support.? There was one problem: Mr. Blumenthal, a Democrat now running for the United States Senate, never served in Vietnam. He obtained at least five military deferments from 1965 to 1970 and took repeated steps that enabled him to avoid going to war, according to records. vietnamclipped by: thumpergoogaMay 21 2010 Your Neighbor ? VietnamVietnam (pronounced /?vi?.?t?n??m/ VEE-et-NAHM; Vietnamese: Vi?t Nam,), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnamese: C?ng hòa xã h?i ch? ngh?a Vi?t Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (Vietnamese: Bi?n ?ông), to the east. With a population of over 86 million Tags: vietnam Für die Inhalte dieses Feeds ist alleine der jeweilige Autor/Anbieter verantwortlich. Die Inhalte stellen nicht die Meinung von EasyRSS dar. Dies ist eine automatisch generierte E-Mail. Bitte antworten Sie nicht auf diese E-Mail. Wenn Sie Feedback an EasyRSS senden wollen, nutzen Sie bitte das Feedback Forumlar. Wenn Sie sich von EasyRSS abmelden wollen, gehen Sie bitte auf den Menüpunkt "Meine Daten". Ihr EasyRSS Team http://www.easyrss.de |
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