presents

The Military Service History of

Prominent U.S. Politicians and Pundits

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.


* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.


* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam.


* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.


* 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; 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: Vietnam


* Howell Heflin: Silver Star


* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.


* 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.

REPUBLICANS

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage. -FULL DETAILS HERE.


* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.


* Tom Delay: did not serve.


* Roy Blunt: did not serve.


* Bill Frist: did not serve.


* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.


* Rick Santorum: did not serve.


* Trent Lott: did not serve.


* 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." 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 Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.


* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.


* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.


* Phil Gramm: did not serve.


* John McCain: Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.


* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.


* John M. McHugh: did not serve.


* JC Watts: did not serve.


* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years.


* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.


* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.


* George Pataki: did not serve.


* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.


* John Engler: did not serve.


* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.


* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.


* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.

Pundits & 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.


* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.


* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.


* Ralph Reed: did not serve.


* Michael Medved: did not serve.


* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.


* Ted Nugent: did not serve.


* John Wayne: did not serve.