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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsScott Brown Exaggerated Afghanistan Military Service, Says Man Who Inspired Medal Bill
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/scott-brown-afghanistan-military-service_n_1982921.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
Scott Brown Exaggerated Afghanistan Military Service, Says Man Who Inspired Medal Bill
Posted: 10/18/2012 7:39 pm EDT Updated: 10/18/2012 8:14 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- The man who inspired Sen. Scott Brown to write a bill making it illegal to falsely claim military honors said he thinks the Massachusetts Republican is stretching the truth when he claims to have "served in Afghanistan."
Brown made the Afghanistan declaration in his recent debate with his Democratic opponent for the Senate seat, Elizabeth Warren. But Brown's service in Afghanistan was not combat. It was part of his annual two-week stint with the National Guard, in which he requested, in a highly unusual move, to serve in Afghanistan.
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"I thought it was seriously misleading," said (Vietnam veteran Doug) Sterner, whose website outing heroes was the basis for Brown's "Stolen Valor" bill. Sterner's criticism echoes a Boston Globe editorial published Thursday morning.
"I think it does go to an issue of personal character and that concerns me," added Sterner, who earlier this year broke with Brown and has endorsed Warren.
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Scott Brown Exaggerated Afghanistan Military Service, Says Man Who Inspired Medal Bill (Original Post)
brentspeak
Oct 2012
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TacoD
(581 posts)1. But, but, but Brown drives a truck!
Signed, low information Massachusetts voter
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)2. Scott Brown Reiterates That He Is, Indeed, A Piece Of Shit. n/t
BumRushDaShow
(129,506 posts)3. More rethug projection. Do as I say, not what I do. n/t
beac
(9,992 posts)4. Brown seems unfamiliar with the concept of irony.
Perhaps someone should introduce an "Acting At Soldiering" bill b/c Brown sure is one hell of an ASS.