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ADMINISTRATION: Rafael Soto, Alan J. Abrams, Catherine M. Barnes, Denise Brown, Tresa Chambers, Anne M. Considine, Tosca LaBoy, Marilyn V.S. McClenahan, Katharine K. McNevin, Elliot Ravetz, Teresa D. Sedlak, Deborah R. Slater, Marianne Sussman, Raymond Violini...
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...
...behavior fully. Until Friday, his aides claimed Clinton was and is unaware of his uncle's activities -- whatever they might have been. But then came a report in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette quoting a retired naval reserve officer, Trice Ellis Jr., as saying he himself had told Clinton of Raymond's efforts in March of this year. The candidate conceded that the report was true...
ADMINISTRATION: Rafael Soto, Alan J. Abrams, Catherine M. Barnes, Denise Brown, Tresa Chambers, Anne M. Considine, Tosca LaBoy, Marilyn V.S. McClenahan, Katharine K. McNevin, Elliot Ravetz, Teresa D. Sedlak, Deborah R. Slater, Marianne Sussman, Raymond Violini...