Claim: John Kerry, you exaggerated your injuries to get 3 purple hearts.
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DOD one day: We have John Kerry’s military medical records on file in accordance with our policies and procedures.
DOD the next year: We reviewed John Kerry’s file and he was awarded 3 purple hearts.
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Did that sufficiently answer the claim?
“Did that sufficiently answer the claim?”
Not really. You’re suggesting that HA is being opaque with the truth (but they aren’t actually saying anything false) in order to cover something up. That his birth certificate says he was born in, say, Mombassa but another vital record that they have for him says he was born in Hawaii.
The problem there is that vital records in Hawaii refer to birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates. Which of the others, besides the birth certificate, would they be holding which could hold such data?