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Those who served vs. those who didn't
> 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.
> 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 seven campaign ribbons.
> Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam,
> DFCs, Bronze
> Stars, and 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 V.
> Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
> Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
> Chuck Robb: in Vietnam
> Howell Heflin: Silver Star
> George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
> Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments.
> 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.
> 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
>
> Republicans
>
> Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
> Tom Delay: did not serve.
> House Whiip 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.
> John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments.
> Jeb Bush: did not serve.
> Karl Rove: did not serve.
> Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. (The man who
> attacked Max
> Cleland's patriotism)
> Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
> Vin Weber: did not serve.
> Richard Perl! e: 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: Navy flight instructor.
> George W. Bush: six-year Nat'l Guard commitment
> (incomplete).
> Ronald Reagan: 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. Distinguished Flying Cross.
> Bob Dole: Veteran.
> Chuck Hagel: in Vietnam.
> Jeff Sessions: Army Reserves.
> JC Watts: did not serve.
> Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
> G.H.W. Bush: Pilot, WWII.
> Tom Ridge: 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.
> Michael Savage: did not serve.
> Joe Scarborough: 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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