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Jim Webb: ‘Mrs.Clinton DISPARAGED Integrity Of Marines’
Jim Webb @JimWebbUSA 23h23 hours ago
Mrs. Clinton disparaged integrity of @USMC, claiming wrongly turned away from serving. Tell us when, where & w/whom.
http://bit.ly/1QEAP0R |http://bit.ly/1QEAP0R ]
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Over the years, Clinton's story has remained consistent. The Washington Post, which also tried to confirm Clinton's story, reported that a Marine spokesman responded to then-first lady Clinton's remarks in 1994.
“We won’t attempt to dispute the first lady’s recollection,” a Marine Corps spokesperson said then. “But if she was ill-treated by a Marine recruiter in 1975, it certainly is unfortunate, unprofessional and a mistake we regret.”
The New York Times also tried to confirm Clinton's remarks in 1994, raising questions about why an up-and-coming attorney — who in 1974 served as an adviser to the impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal in Washington — would be interested in joining the military.
She had just moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, as Bill Clinton pursued his rise to Arkansas attorney general. She also didn’t have a track record as a steadfast military supporter: While at Wellesley College, she protested the Vietnam War and worked on anti-war presidential campaigns at Yale, The New York Times noted.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2015/11/12/why-hillary-clinton-says-marine-corps-turned-her-away/75651518/
Over the years, Clinton's story has remained consistent. The Washington Post, which also tried to confirm Clinton's story, reported that a Marine spokesman responded to then-first lady Clinton's remarks in 1994.
“We won’t attempt to dispute the first lady’s recollection,” a Marine Corps spokesperson said then. “But if she was ill-treated by a Marine recruiter in 1975, it certainly is unfortunate, unprofessional and a mistake we regret.”
The New York Times also tried to confirm Clinton's remarks in 1994, raising questions about why an up-and-coming attorney — who in 1974 served as an adviser to the impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal in Washington — would be interested in joining the military.
She had just moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, as Bill Clinton pursued his rise to Arkansas attorney general. She also didn’t have a track record as a steadfast military supporter: While at Wellesley College, she protested the Vietnam War and worked on anti-war presidential campaigns at Yale, The New York Times noted.
http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story/military/2015/11/12/why-hillary-clinton-says-marine-corps-turned-her-away/75651518/
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Except in my case, that jerk recruiter actually talked me into joining the USMC!!!
Thank you for your service.
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