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"I am proud of my service in the United States Marine Corps," Richard Blumenthal (D), candidate for US Senate, said. "Hoo-rah" and "Semper fi" was uttered several times. "I take full responsibility" for misspeaking he said. "I will not allow anyone to take a few misplaced words and impugn my record of service to our country," he stated. "I served in the United States Marine Corps reserves and I am proud of it," he concluded. "I did misspeak on a few occasions," he admitted. He also added that he "regretted" it.

SEN. KERRY: To extend that to one other area, it seems to me I heard reported yesterday that we're changing the engines on our helicopters I think something like every 50 hours or so, an extra- ordinary rotation as a consequence of operations in the sand. And I can remember when we were over there it baffled me how they operate for more than a day with the amount of sand kicked up on every single landing and so forth. It seems to me obvious beyond any need for argument of any kind that every day that goes by, each...

<p>It's hard to believe that it was just a slip of the tongue rather than a calculated lie when Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz sullied the memory of those who died on 9/11 by exploiting their deaths for propaganda purposes. The brainwashing of Americans, two-thirds of whom believe that Saddam Hussein was behind the attacks, is too effective a political ploy for the Bush regime to suddenly let the truth get in the way.</p>