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To: SJackson
From the Congressional Record of March 27, 1986 (S3594):

John Kerry: Mr. President, I remember Christmas of 1968, sitting on a gunboat in [our italics] Cambodia. I remember what it was like to be shot at by the Vietnamese, Khmer Rouge and Cambodians, and I heard the President of the United States [Richard Nixon] telling the American people I was not there, that our troops were not in Cambodia.

However, Richard Nixon did not become president until January 1969. Furthermore, the Khmer Rouge did not exist in 1968. This Cambodian communist organization was formed in 1970.

5 posted on 08/09/2011 5:24:46 AM PDT by WayneS (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: WayneS
However, Richard Nixon did not become president until January 1969. Furthermore, the Khmer Rouge did not exist in 1968. This Cambodian communist organization was formed in 1970.

Which doesn't mean Senator Kerry doesn't "remember it". Fabricated war stories are the fodder of fools after all.

13 posted on 08/09/2011 4:39:36 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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