Word: drafted
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...there has been a sign that the 1992 presidential campaign will find relevance after all. Between the Republican Convention and Labor Day, the traditional start of the general election contest, odds of that happening seemed slight. George Bush and his minions seemed fixated on "family values," Bill Clinton's draft record and a deceptive numbers game over tax increases in Arkansas. The Democrats sounded on the verge of declaring class warfare -- trying to scare the elderly, veterans and students with unfounded charges that Bush would savage programs on which they depend. But suddenly last Thursday, Bush jerked attention away from...
...attorney in Baker that told Teeter two weeks ago to take another look -- "the way a trial lawyer would" -- at Clinton's contradictory descriptions of his draft record. Baker felt that the real value of the draft issue was not so much Clinton's behavior as a 23-year-old but his waffling and incomplete accounts of his actions and motives, and the questions they raised about his trustworthiness...
From the way Tellier gushes over Giardi, you'd think the Harvard junior quarterback was going to be the top pick in the NFL draft...
Bill Clinton was one day into a new offensive -- accusing George Bush of planning to gut programs for the elderly, veterans and students -- when a fresh disclosure about his draft status forced him to play defense again. The Los Angeles Times said that in 1968 his uncle Raymond Clinton managed to delay the new college graduate's Army induction...
...deceased, Raymond was a Hot Springs, Arkansas, businessman and a Republican with political connections. His lawyer, Henry Britt, also a Republican, served as a principal source for the Times piece. According to Britt and a surviving member of the local draft board, Raymond lobbied board members on his nephew's behalf. He also secured a place in a Navy reserve unit, though Bill never applied for the opening. The story appears to explain why Clinton remained a civilian for 10 months, though classified 1-A. The following year he obtained a formal deferment by agreeing to join an ROTC program...