“Guiliani’s personal background is unlike most presidents. He avoided the Vietnam draft first by obtaining a deferment by attending law school, and then by obtaining a dubious “civilian occupation deferment” to serve as an allegedly essential employee — which was merely as a law clerk for a judge.”
Well said. Behaving well during the immediate aftermath of the 2001 attacks on New York City could not make the public forget that their president bent the rules to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.
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