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33 Years Later, Draft Becomes Topic for DeanBy RICK LYMAN and CHRISTOPHER DREW Published: November 22, 2003 In the winter of 1970, a 21-year-old student from Yale walked into his armed services physical in New York carrying X-rays and a letter from his orthopedist, eager to know whether a back condition might keep him out of the military draft. This was not an uncommon scene in 1970, when medical deferments were a frequently used avenue for those reluctant to take part in the unpopular war in Vietnam. And this story would have little interest save that Howard Dean was the...

Dean used obscure back condition to get out of military draft in 1970; now admits that he was not eager to serve, although he says in interview, 'he probably could have'... Developing...

In the winter of 1970, a 21-year-old student from Yale walked into his armed services physical in New York carrying X-rays and a letter from his orthopedist, eager to know whether a back condition might keep him out of the military draft. This was not an uncommon scene in 1970, when medical deferments were a frequently used avenue for those reluctant to take part in the unpopular war in Vietnam. And this story would have little interest save that Howard Dean was the name of the young man. Now, 33 years later, he finds himself a leading Democrat in the...

Tuesday morning started off with a bang for Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe - when he attacked president Bush for serving in the Texas Air National Guard, then found himself on the defensive over the draft record of his friend and political ally Bill Clinton. The fireworks started when McAuliffe told WABC Radio's Curtis Sliwa and Ron Kuby that Bush's Iraq war victory announcement from the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln last week gave new legitimacy to questions about Bush's military service. MCAULIFFE: He's got to stop doing photo ops. All he does is photo ops. You...

--comments? Posted by: gaijin (emailname) * 04/01/99 14:07:34 PST Topic: Military Morale ****Norfolk-Marines Ordered to Masquerade Before TV Cameras as Adorning Throng For Clinton Speech The Ken Hamblin Show MORE ON THE PARTICULARS OF POTUS' VIRGINIA SPEECH Ken Hamblin Show KSFO radio, Hot Talk 560 KSFO 5000 invited, 500 showed. Faxes were sent to personnel and families indicating that buses would be provided for the trip to Norfolk Naval Air Station. Personnel were anxiously begged to forward attendee number estimates to higher-ups. The cavernous hanger for the speech was estimated to be the side of 2 football fields. Echoes caused...

Just starting an after action report. Here are a few highlights of the evening so far. I'm sure there will be more additions tonight and tomorrow but most of our folks are still socializing at an undisclosed location...with beer.

The United States should be more diplomatic than it has been in handling its current confrontations with Iraq and North Korea, former President Clinton said Wednesday in an appearance at the University of Texas. In an hour-long speech at the Erwin Center, Clinton addressed a possible war with Iraq, international diplomacy and President Bush's proposed tax cuts. But he said the country's largest threat today is the potential for a revived nuclear weapons program in North Korea. The remarks came on the same day that CIA director George Tenet revealed that North Korea has a long range missile capable of...

Congressmen Jim McDermott and David Bonior have "MISLED" the American people about their Vietnam service.  During their Baghdad press conference, both McDermott and Bonior touted their Vietnam combat service, while calling President Bush a liar and praising Sadam Hussein's openness and cooperation.  Upon returning to the U.S., the two congressmen held a press conference and again highlighted their Vietnam combat service, as an obvious measure to boost their qualifications to remark on the horrors of war. Following the news conference, McDermott appeared on MSNBC and once again clearly established at the onset of the interview that he had served in...

Clinton to be on Letterman tonight. For all those who like inflicting pain on themselves, or are hoping he'll make a complete fool of himself or go down in flames....come on board!

Ex-president Bill Clinton's bombshell announcement before a Canadian Jewish group earlier this week that he was prepared to "grab a rifle and get in the trench and fight and die" for Israel isn't the first time a Clinton has offered to don combat fatigues. Twenty-seven years before Mr. Clinton pledged to go to war, his wife Hillary tried to join the Marines, a move prompted by the former first couple's "love" of the military, the duo claimed in 1994. Clinton has so far declined to elaborate on his pledge to go to war for Israel. The New York Post, which...

Wednesday, July 31, 2002 11:15 a.m. EDT Clinton Pledges to Fight as Combat Soldier With Israeli Army Ex-President Bill Clinton told an audience in Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday that he would personally fight "in the trench" alongside the Israel Defense Forces to repel an attack on the Jewish state by Iraq. "I would grab a rifle and get in the trench and fight and die," Clinton proclaimed, according to a report by the Canadian Press news service. The one-time Vietnam War-era draft dodger was addressing a packed fundraiser for Canada's Hadassah-Wizo Organization. While discussing his efforts to bring peace to...