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http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=170Press Conference by Senators and Veterans
Bob Kerrey, Daniel Inouye and Max Cleland
11/2/00
Senator Bob Kerrey: Well, I want to thank Bob Clemens for the very nice introduction and I want to thank the Tennessee Democratic party and all that you've done to put this together. I want to thank our good friend Max Cleland who has done such an outstanding job of making certain that we keep our word and commitment to America's Veterans. And, we're all real proud.
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Kerrey:
During May 1968, there were 350 Americans dying every week in Vietnam, and he applied, as was his right, to the Texas Air National Guard. He applied to the Texas Air National Guard. In spite of the fact that there were 500 people ahead of him; he was accepted on the same day he applied. Now, I'll let him explain how that happened. I don't question that both he and I were both given an opportunity to go to college, and we were not required to go to Vietnam while we were in college. When we got out of college, we were required to serve; he made a commitment to the Texas Air National Guard. And, God bless him for doing so. There have been many moments when Nebraska National Guard folks are on their way to Bosnia or some other deployment and they say goodbye to their families, too. They rip their lives as well. I'm not taking anything away for our Guard or our Reserve men and women. But, Governor Bush made a six-year commitment. And, he's making truth telling and character a big issue in this campaign. I heard him say recently in Pennsylvania, that the Vice President was guided by a controlling legal authority.
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Inouye #1
Senator Daniel Inouye: All right, thank you very much, Bob. I'm sorry I can't be there with you. I wanted to be there in person to tell you how much I admire Al Gore. I wanted to be with my fellow Veterans to tell you we have something at stake here. I would have hoped that all of American could have heard what Bob Kerrey just said. The question is where were you, Governor Bush? What about your commitment? What would you do as Commander In Chief if someone in the Guard or in another service did the same thing? During my service, if I missed training for two years, at the least, I would have been court-martialed. I would have been placed in prison.
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Senator Max Cleland: Thank you Congressman Tanner, Congressman Clement, Carl Wallace and Bill Manning. It is an honor to be with four of Tennessee's favorite sons, who all have done so much for your state and your country.
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It's still a little unclear what George W. actually did do, but I can tell you what Al Gore did. Al Gore was the son of a United States Senator who opposed the Vietnam war. He did not have to go, but he chose to go because he said he knew another young man from Carthage would have to go in his place. Not only did he go, he went as an enlisted man. An anonymous inscription on a bunker in Khe Sahn reads, "For those who fought for freedom, it has a flavor the protected shall never know." Al fought for freedom, and today, I consider him my brother.
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