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Veterans Affairs Secretary admits he LIED (to homeless Veteran) about serving in Special Forces
Daily Mail ^
| February 24, 2015
| Christopher Brennan for Daily Mail
Posted on 02/23/2015 10:23:54 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing
- Robert McDonald, who took over VA last year, says he 'reacted wrongly'
- Secretary told homeless man that he also served in Army Special Forces
- White House says McDonald 'never intended to misrepresent' his service
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald has admitted that he lied about serving in the military's special forces.
'Special Forces? What years? I was in special forces,' McDonald said when a homeless man told him he had served among the Army's elite troops.
The late January comments were caught on camera for a CBS piece about the continued large numbers of homeless veterans.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mcdonald; robert; secretary; veterans
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To: xzins; Ramius
Couldn’t agree more with you both.
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02/24/2015 5:43:14 PM PST
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jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: SkyPilot; Jet Jaguar
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02/24/2015 5:50:16 PM PST
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xzins
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To: xzins
To: xzins
xzins, thanks for your intensive review of the status of special operations, units and missions, in that foggy post-VN , mid-Carter era. You clearly absorbed a lot, and no doubt were privileged to brush shoulders with the best. You’ve clarified this for us all.
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02/24/2015 7:34:35 PM PST
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GopherIt
To: Shimmer1
My mistake. I missed the post you were replying to.
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02/25/2015 6:34:25 PM PST
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semimojo
To: semimojo
I understand that I didn’t reference it. Don’t worry!
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02/25/2015 7:26:21 PM PST
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Shimmer1
("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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