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Not sure who compiled this list; it came to me via Barbara Love on the social justice listserv (UMass). It includes prominent democrats, republicans, and pundits/preachers":

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Here�are the military records of Democrats, Republicans, and the Pundits / Preachers:

��Democrats

��Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
��David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
��Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
��Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
��Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
��Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-'47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
��John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V Purple Hearts.
��John Edwards: did not serve.
��Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
��Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star,Vietnam. (Note from Marion:� I knew this man in Danang, Vietnam.� He dated one of my nurses and I talked with him on the morning of the day he lost both legs and an arm.
��Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-1953.
��Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
��Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
��Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII, receiving the Bronze Star and 7 campaign ribbons.
��Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, Bronze Stars, Soldier's Medal.
��Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit.
��Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
��Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla Governor Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat.
��Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
��Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
��Chuck Robb: Vietnam (Note from Marion:� He was a US Army officer� (non-combat role, I believe) in Danang, Vietnam, where I saw him on a few occasions.)
��Howell Heflin: Silver Star
��George McGovern: Silver Star &DFC duringWWII.
��Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments. Entered draft but received 311.
��Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
��Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
��John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and Air Medal with 18 Clusters.
��Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg.
��Wesley Clark: U.S. Army, 1966-2000, West Point, Vietnam, Purple Heart Silver Star.Retired 4-star general.
��John Dingell: WWII vet
��John Conyers: Army 1950-57, Korea

��NOW FOR THE EYE OPENER!:

��Republicans...

��Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
��Tom Delay: did not serve.
��House Whip Roy Blunt: did not serve.
��Bill Frist: did not serve.
��Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
��George Pataki: did not serve.
��Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
��Rick Santorum: did not serve.
��Trent Lott: did not serve.
��Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage.
��John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business.
��Jeb Bush: did not serve.
��Karl Rove: did not serve.
��Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee." He's the "man" who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism.� !!!!!
��Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
��Vin Weber: did not serve.
��Richard Perle: did not serve.
��Douglas Feith: did not serve.
��Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
��Richard Shelby: did not serve.
��Jon Kyl: did not serve.
��Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
��Christopher Cox: did not serve.
��Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
��Don Rumsfeld: served in peacetime Navy (1954-57) as aviator and flight instructor.
��George W. Bush: six-year Nat'l Guard commitment (incomplete).
��Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
��Gerald Ford: Navy, WWII
��Phil Gramm: did not serve.
��John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit,Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
��Bob Dole: an honorable veteran.
��Chuck Hagel: two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star, Vietnam.
��Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves, 1973-1986
��JC Watts: did not serve.
��Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
��G.H.W. Bush: Pilot in WWII. Shot down by the Japanese.
��Tom Ridge: Bronze Star for Valor in Vietnam.
��Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
��Clarence Thomas: did not serve

��Pundits and Preachers

��Sean Hannity: did not serve.
��Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
��Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
��Michael Savage: did not serve.
��George Will: did not serve.
��Chris Matthews: did not serve.
��Paul Gigot: did not serve.
��Bill Bennett: did not serve.
��Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
��Bill Kristol: did not serve.
��Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
��Michael Medved: did not serve.

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