[Another Thought]

This makes no sense. Carter wasn't president in 1985 -- Reagan was.

[Eva]

No, you don't understand. Kerry requested that the medals be re-issued in the eighties, when Lehman was the Secretary of the Navy. This is the reason that the wording didn't differ substantially from the rewrite that was done in the 70's. It also explains why Lehman knew nothing about the rewrite of Kerry's medals, it was a routine re-issue, per the Carter executive order and was just stamped with the signature of the Sec'ty of the Navy.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Carter issued the Amnesty when he took office. Not having all the facts we don't know if or when Kerry finally had his paperwork reviewed and if he had received a less-than-honorable, when it was changed, etc...

so one can only guess. DID he throw his medals over the wall or was it ribbons as some have indicated? Somehow his medals were either lost, thrown or revoked and in 1985 he received new ones... without all the papers he refuses to release we're still missing a lot of the picture.

Personally, I'm incensed that Terry McAuliff is still going around talking about the President's National Guard Service and yet not one commentator ever looks him in the eye and says: Where is Kerry's 180 Form so WE can see HIS record!!