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From the way Tellier gushes over Giardi, you'd think the Harvard junior quarterback was going to be the top pick in the NFL draft...
Bill Clinton was one day into a new offensive -- accusing George Bush of planning to gut programs for the elderly, veterans and students -- when a fresh disclosure about his draft status forced him to play defense again. The Los Angeles Times said that in 1968 his uncle Raymond Clinton managed to delay the new college graduate's Army induction...
...deceased, Raymond was a Hot Springs, Arkansas, businessman and a Republican with political connections. His lawyer, Henry Britt, also a Republican, served as a principal source for the Times piece. According to Britt and a surviving member of the local draft board, Raymond lobbied board members on his nephew's behalf. He also secured a place in a Navy reserve unit, though Bill never applied for the opening. The story appears to explain why Clinton remained a civilian for 10 months, though classified 1-A. The following year he obtained a formal deferment by agreeing to join an ROTC program...
...congressional -- aspirants very much like a jobs-and-votes program. Clinton hews closely to the Administration line on defense for other reasons as well: to pre-empt Republican charges that Democrats are soft on national security and to take the heat out of accusations that he dodged the draft during the Vietnam...
...ability to deal with the nation's problems. The Bush team is sure to run a fine-tooth comb over Clinton's 12-year record as what Republicans are calling "the failed Governor of a small Southern state." And they will revive questions about his Vietnam War draft status by claiming, as Pat Buchanan did last week, that Clinton lacks the moral authority to make military decisions...