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6. Three years academic deferments with two and a half years mission deferment sandwiched in the middle

Wed Jul 25, 2012, 10:01 PM

Jul 2012

I'm not sure how that translates to in numbers of deferments.

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Mitt Romney dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. [View all] matmar Jul 2012 OP

That's OK in the minds of the right wing war mongers. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #1

That doesn't describe the "True Believers", I know NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #14

Are the true believers you know also RICH liberal N proud Jul 2012 #15

Upper middle class NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #16

Yeah well w deserted and pretty much no one cared mucifer Jul 2012 #2

Does anyone have info on how many deferments he took? HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #3

thnx. I can't remember how the terms of a deferment worked HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #12

Did he really tale a maid, butler and chauffeur? whathehell Jul 2012 #4

And his Mormon "mission" was spent in a Castle thelordofhell Jul 2012 #7

OMG. whathehell Jul 2012 #9

yeah but riverwalker Jul 2012 #5

One distant ancestor fought in Mendocino Jul 2012 #10

I served with a guy named Romney who claimed to be related to George Romney HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #11

That's why he went to France Rosa Luxemburg Jul 2012 #8