[areafiftyone]

Did he get special treatment? As I recall, when Cheny was in college, he was able to get a standard deferment without a special favor from a high-level official.

He got 5 of them! received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father. If you really want to know. But personally I couldn't care less if he got 100. He is still a good VP.

[dirtboy]

He got 5 of them! received five deferments, four because he was a student and one for being a new father.

That is not what I asked.

Those were stock deferments available to all who qualified at the time.

Rudy came later when those deferments had been removed. Cheney never got special treatment. Rudy and Slick did.

[deport]

The draft deferment isn't a big issue, maybe with a few but it won't fly nationally or at least to those who understand the process in place back in the early 70s

The graphic showing the time lines explain it well.

He had classifications/deferments

• 2-S & 1-D [63-68]college
• 1-A 68-Mar 69,
• Mar 69- May 70 2-A occupation deferment,
• May-70 1-A,
• July 1, 1970 draft lottery for persons born in 1951, received lottery # 308 and was not called up as they only called up through #125 for that group.