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Kerry Hedges on Form 180
NewsMax ^ | February 7, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 02/07/2005 8:39:39 AM PST by Kaslin

Sen. John Kerry reiterated his pledge on Monday to sign the form that would allow the government to release all his military records, but said he wanted to know exactly what was in his file before doing so.

"I have a stack of different material they sent me," Kerry told radio host Don Imus. "Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me."

"I'll get it done," Kerry insisted in the next breath.

Last week the 2008 presidential hopeful suggested he wanted to review his full Navy file to make sure of "what is in the record and what isn't in the record" before signing Form 180.

"I'm going to sit down with them and make sure that they are clear and I am clear as to what is in the record and what isn't in the record and we'll put it out," he told "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert.

Kerry did not explain his reference to "what isn't in the record," though questions arose late in the campaign about why he received his honorable discharge six years after leaving the service.

Pressed earlier today on when he intended to sign Form 180, Kerry said only, "Shortly."

The full exchange went like this:

IMUS: You also told Tim that you would sign Form 180 releasing all of your military records. Have you done that?

KERRY: Yeah. We're gonna do that. Absolutely, I will. But listen, I also think . . .

IMUS: When are you going to do that?

KERRY: As soon as I get, as required by the military, precisely . . .

IMUS: Why don't you do it today?

KERRY; Because I have a stack of different material they sent me. Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me. I'll get it done. . . .

IMUS: By noon today?

KERRY: No. But shortly. [END OF EXCERPT]


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To: lonerepubinma

I got out 37 years ago, and I'm still waiting for them to send me "something".


41 posted on 02/07/2005 8:58:56 AM PST by anoldafvet (Every time a child is born, it reaffirms God's faith in humanity.)
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To: R. Scott

That's what I thought.
Thanks


42 posted on 02/07/2005 9:00:25 AM PST by lonerepubinma
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To: Kaslin

How do we know that some RAT in the military, will not erase forever some information kerry does not want out?


43 posted on 02/07/2005 9:00:35 AM PST by gedeon3
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To: Howlin
"I'm going to sit down with them and make sure that they are clear and I am clear as to what is in the record and what isn't in the record and we'll put it out," [Kerry] told "Meet the Press" host Tim Russert

Translated into english, this means that he has not yet figured out a way to classify portions of his record in order to hide the facts.

Once he finds all the material that might be controversial, he will attempt to have it redacted and then sign the release.

This guy is such a turd.

44 posted on 02/07/2005 9:01:02 AM PST by Cold Heat (What are fears but voices awry?Whispering harm where harm is not and deluding the unwary. Wordsworth)
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To: Kaslin

What he really meant was: "As soon as I can pull my weight and get some things removed, changed, and falsified on my records, I'll release them."


45 posted on 02/07/2005 9:01:41 AM PST by I'm ALL Right! (Welcome to my addiction.)
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To: Zacs Mom

You got it.
I gotta buy some stock in "White Out"


46 posted on 02/07/2005 9:03:58 AM PST by Roccus (Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati)
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To: Kaslin

It's in his will.


47 posted on 02/07/2005 9:04:58 AM PST by chiefqc
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To: Kaslin
KERRY; Because I have a stack of different material they sent me. Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me. I'll get it done. . . .

Translation: Kerry wants to see what is in his record before signing authorization to allow others to receive the information. Signing an SF 180 means that others can receive the contents of Kerry's military files without Kerry acting as a filter or intermediary. I suspect that he knows what is in the records. More than likely, he will try to have negative items removed prior to signing a SF 180. Hopefully, someone within DOD will leak it if Kerry tries some behind the scenes nonsense.

Personally, I want to see the documentation surrounding his first PH. He has never released an after action report or casualty report for this award.

48 posted on 02/07/2005 9:05:10 AM PST by kabar
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To: gedeon3

I heard there is a guy down in Texas that makes(err has) copies of military records from back then, maybe he has the sKerry ones (grin)


49 posted on 02/07/2005 9:08:25 AM PST by Foolsgold (dumped daschel he he he he)
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To: Howlin
What the heck does that mean?

Hilarious! I thought the same thing.

50 posted on 02/07/2005 9:08:47 AM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: OXENinFLA

I agree. But then I am so easily shocked.


51 posted on 02/07/2005 9:09:07 AM PST by Valin (Work is a fine thing if it doesn't take too much of your spare time)
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To: kabar

Excellent points..thanks..if he doesn't sign it..he's finished as a candidate..he's got to do it within a month or so, otherwise the MSM will know something's there..IS there any way he could try and have something removed from thefile without THAT request becoming part of the record?


52 posted on 02/07/2005 9:09:23 AM PST by ken5050
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To: Kaslin

He probably will not sign until the pressure gets too great not too.
But in the end, I believe he will just fade away, and never sign it. He will not be allowed to run again for president again, so there is no need to sign the 180. There are too many skeletons in his file that he will not want others to see.
It is funny that throughout the campaign ,he claimed he did in fact sign this form. Why is it now he says he will sign it? If he signed it before, why does he need to sign it again? Because he never signed it the first time.
You know, I get the impression that Kerry is trying to talk like Bil Clinton and get away with it, but it is obvious that he is no Bill Clinton.


53 posted on 02/07/2005 9:09:29 AM PST by rawhide
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To: Kaslin
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54 posted on 02/07/2005 9:10:23 AM PST by MarineBrat ("God is dead"- Nietzsche,1886. "Nietzsche is dead"- God,1901)
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To: kabar

why doesn't any journalist have the cojones to ask why do you feel the need to review your files, you should know what is in there, sounds like you got something to hide? challenge him to to it....

I don't believe Bush had that luxury when the press received documents on his military record under the FOIA?


55 posted on 02/07/2005 9:10:38 AM PST by littlelilac
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To: Kaslin

The SF180 questions keep coming up. Hillary is so behind this, I wonder if the doofus can even figure that out.

The question won't stop until he is politically unable to even think about running again.


56 posted on 02/07/2005 9:12:38 AM PST by American_Centurion
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To: Kaslin
IMUS: By noon today?

Wow. The I-Man was really pressing his boy. Perhaps he was impressed by his encounter with Cheney.

57 posted on 02/07/2005 9:13:08 AM PST by montag813
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To: Kaslin; MeekOneGOP; PhilDragoo; potlatch; devolve
KERRY HAS A STACK - ping.

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"I have a stack of different material they sent me," Kerry told radio host Don Imus. "Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me."

58 posted on 02/07/2005 9:15:06 AM PST by Happy2BMe ("Islam fears democracy worse than anything If the imams can't control it - they will kill it.)
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To: Kaslin
If theses guys had pursued this during the campaign the election wouldn't even have been close.

Of course, we know why they didn't...

59 posted on 02/07/2005 9:15:09 AM PST by CaptRon (Pedecaris alive or Raisuli dead)
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To: dead
He was in the military?

C'mon... 'yer pullin m'leg!

60 posted on 02/07/2005 9:15:33 AM PST by johnny7 (“It's not revenge he wants... it's a 'reckonin!” -Doc Holliday, Tombstone)
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