Kerry tried to put off Vietnam military duty

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Deferment (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/07/wkerr07.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/07/ixnewstop.html)

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Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record to campaign against President George W Bush, tried to defer his military service for a year, according to a newly rediscovered article in a Harvard University newspaper.

He wrote to his local recruitment board seeking permission to spend a further 12 months studying in Paris, after completing his degree course at Yale University in the mid-1960s.

The revelation appears to undercut Sen Kerry's carefully-cultivated image as a man who willingly served his country in a dangerous war - in supposed contrast to President Bush, who served in the Texas National Guard and thus avoided being sent to Vietnam.

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[cardcounter0]

Do you really need the link to their Miltary Forms?

You know the one where Kerry checks the box that says "Send me to VietNam" and writes in he would like Swift Boat Duty.

We can put it right next to the identical form Bush fills out, where he checks the box that says "Hell No, Don't Send Me". Please Senator Daddy, get me hooked up on some obsolete plane training so there is no chance I'll go.

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[jokerswild]

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[Rooster71]

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You truly have the correct name for your weak attacks.

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[Utah]

I dont see how this matters much. We know Mr. Kerry is playing politics and he is crafting an image. Every politican does, including Bush.

However, on the face of it, I dont see anything wrong with asking for a deferment and I dont think it speaks at all to his character.