Saturday, November 3, 2012

Mitt romney military service

  • Mitt Romney Didn't Serve In Military, But Many Mormons Do

    WASHINGTON/SALT LAKE CITY, Nov 2 (Reuters) - While neither of the candidates in next week's U.S. presidential election was in the military, Mitt Romney's age - he was eligible to serve in Vietnam - has raised questions during the campaign about why ...

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  • Romney comparison of service unbelievable

    When I heard Anne Romney compare her husband Mitt's and her five sons as having served our country by going on missions for their church I could not believe it.

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  • Can Romney count on 'the military vote'?

    WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are said to be tussling over the fabled "military vote," and during this extraordinarily tedious election season, both have highlighted their fondness for all things military. ... Romney hopes it will, and ...

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  • Romney mentions 'bayonets and horses' in Virginia Beach speech

    As a military plane flew overhead, Mitt Romney paused during his standard stump speech Thursday evening and said, "I love the sound of those jets.

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  • Romney AWOL: Not Fit to Serve as Commander in Chief

    Mitt Romney wants to increase our military budget by $2 trillion per year even though our generals think we don't need it.

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  • Military chops weak in campaigns

    While affirming readiness to use military force as a last resort, both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney steered clear of provocative remarks on Iran during their third debate.

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  • Some military families in Kentucky are torn over election

    Those issues haven't seemed like top priorities to either Republican candidate Mitt Romney or President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, said Eli Melton, whose husband, an Iraq war veteran, was killed nearly 20 months ago in a car wreck in ...

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  • Going on Mormon Mission Does Not Equal Military Service

    I thought I had heard it all from the Romney/Ryan team. Then Ann Romney went on The View. Whoopie Goldberg may not have been "nice" in her question regarding Mitt's military service or lack of it but for Ms. Romney to suggest that going on mission for ...

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  • How could veterans support Romney?

    As a veteran, I found it offensive that Mitt Romney never mentioned our service personnel in Afghanistan or our veterans in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.

    www.nctimes.com

  • Romney warns of economic consequences if Obama is re-elected

    (AP) -- Mitt Romney's closing argument to voters includes a warning: if they re-elect Barack Obama, they'll face another government shutdown and a national default.

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  • Four Pinocchios for a Virginia Democratic party mailer: Romney proposed ...

    The Virginia Democratic party circulated this mailer during the waning days of the election, painting GOP candidate Mitt Romney as a sort of monster who proposed terminating the guaranteed health-care benefits for wounded veterans. Such a policy ...

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  • Whoopi's "gotcha" fails big--Ann Romney answers military service questions

    Goldberg tried to score a political point, suggesting that Mitt Romney should be unqualified to be Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces because his religion forbade him to serve in the military. Goldberg tried to make the point that the prospective ...

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  • Transcript: Mitt Romney Remarks at Virginia Military Institute

    ... Remarks at Virginia Military Institute. Published: October 8, 2012. The following is the full text of Mitt Romney's speech on foreign policy as delivered on Monday at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Va. (Transcript courtesy of Federal ...

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  • Red Herring

    Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are said to be tussling over the fabled "military vote," and during this extraordinarily tedious election season, both have highlighted their fondness for all things military. ... Romney hopes it will, and right-wing ...

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  • Mitt Romney Avoided Military Service While He Supported Vietnam War and Draft

    Mitt Romney Avoided Military Service While He Supported Vietnam War and Draft. Tweet. submit to reddit. font size decrease font size increase font size; Print.

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  • Letter: Mitt Romney military values, leadership, out of whack

    Why, he took a deferment to go preach Mormonism in France. Not one member of the Romney family has ever served in the United States Armed Forces.

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  • This Vet Not For Romney

    Among these "Chickenhawks" is Mitt Romney. Twenty-seven million were eligible for military service between 1964 and 1973; 8.4 million served on active duty, and 2.6 million served in Vietnam.

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  • Presidents at War

    When President Obama gave challenger Mitt Romney a schoolboy lecture on post-World War I weaponry in the third presidential debate, his surprise attack underscored the unheralded fact that neither candidate for the presidency in 2012 is an expert in ...

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  • Spectrum of issues interests voters

    I just Googled military service and Mitt Romney. His family has five generations who have all eluded military service. He got a deferment by enrolling at Brigham Young University and all of his sons escaped service in Iraq and/or Afghanistan. His ...

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  • Mitt Romney's New American Century: Its Frightening Implications for America

    Its transformation would require increasing the budget for military expenditure to about 3.8 percent of the gross domestic product.

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