\nEliot Abrams: Did not serve <\/i>
\nJohn Ashcroft: Did not serve <\/i>
\nRoy Blunt: Did not serve <\/i>
\nMichael Bloomberg: Did not serve<\/i>
\nGeorge H.W. Bush: Youngest Navy pilot in WW II; awarded DFC <\/i>
\nGeorge W. Bush: Texas Air Nat. Guard; didn’t take physical; suspended from flying<\/i>
\nJeb Bush: Did not serve <\/i>
\nSaxby Chambliss: Did not serve <\/i>
\nDick Cheney: Did not serve <\/i>
\nChristopher Cox: Did not serve<\/i>
\nTom DeLay: Did not serve <\/i>
\nBob Dornan: Enlisted after fighting was over in Korea<\/i>
\nJohn Engler: Did not serve <\/i>
\nDouglas Feith: Did not serve <\/i>
\nGerald Ford: Lt. Commander, Navy in WWII <\/i>
\nBill Frist: Did not serve <\/i>
\nNewt Gingrich: Did not serve <\/i>
\nRudy Giuliani: Did not serve <\/i>
\nLindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer<\/i>
\nPhil Gramm: Did not serve <\/i>
\nDennis Hastert: Did not serve <\/i>
\nTim Hutchison: Did not serve <\/i>
\nJack Kemp: Did not serve. “Knee problem,” continued in NFL for 8 years <\/i>
\nJon Kyl: Did not serve <\/i>
\nTrent Lott: Did not serve <\/i>
\nRichard Lugar: Intelligence officer in Navy 1957-1960 <\/i>
\nJohn McCain: POW in Vietnam, Silver star, Legion of Merit, DFC, many more <\/i>
\nMitch McConnell: Did not serve <\/i>
\nJohn McHugh: Did not serve <\/i>
\nGeorge Pataki: Did not serve <\/i>
\nRichard Perle: Did not serve<\/i>
\nDan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard<\/i>
\nRonald Reagan: Served in WWII making movies <\/i>
\nDana Rohrabacher: Did not serve<\/i>
\nKarl Rove: Did not serve <\/i>
\nDon Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor <\/i>
\nRick Santorum: Did not serve <\/i>
\nArnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base<\/i>
\nRichard Shelby: Did not serve<\/i>
\nJC Watts: Did not serve <\/i>
\nVin Weber: Did not serve <\/i>
\nPaul Wolfowitz: Did not serve<\/i>\n<\/td>\n
David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72<\/i>
\nLeonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, etc <\/i>
\nJimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy<\/i>
\nWesley Clark: U.S. Army 1966-2000, Vietnam, silver star, purple heart<\/i>
\nMax Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver\/bronze stars, Vietnam <\/i>
\nBill Clinton: Did not serve <\/i>
\nTom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72 <\/i>
\nGray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, bronze star<\/i>
\nJohn Edwards: Did not serve <\/i>
\nRichard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71 <\/i>
\nJohn Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs; Air Medal w\/18 Clusters <\/i>
\nAl Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam as journalist<\/i>
\nTom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74<\/i>
\nHowell Heflin: Silver star <\/i>
\nFritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; bronze star <\/i>
\nDaniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII<\/i>
\nTed Kennedy: Army, 1951-53<\/i>
\nBob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam <\/i>
\nJohn Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; silver\/bronze stars, purple hearts <\/i>
\nTom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII<\/i>
\nGeorge McGovern: Silver star & DFC during WWII<\/i>
\nWalter Mondale: Army 1951-1953<\/i>
\nPete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver star, etc<\/i>
\nCharles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; bronze star, Korea <\/i>
\nJack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91 <\/i>
\nChuck Robb: U.S. Marine Corps, 1961-70, Vietnam<\/i>
\nPete Stark: Air Force 1955-57 <\/i>
\nMike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
I guess actually living up to your principles is for the little people. <\/p>\n
On another note, how can there be young activist republicans? If they truly believe Bush is right and the war in Iraq is morally justified and necessary, why haven’t they enlisted? It’s easy to have “principles” when you only send other people to fight, and die, for them.<\/p>\n
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