November 13, 2015
...Over the years, (click here) Clinton's story has remained consistent. The Washington Post, which also tried to confirm Clinton's story, reported that a Marine spokesman responded to then-first lady Clinton's remarks in 1994.
“We won’t attempt to dispute the first lady’s recollection,” a Marine Corps spokesperson said then. “But if she was ill-treated by a Marine recruiter in 1975, it certainly is unfortunate, unprofessional and a mistake we regret.”
The New York Times also tried to confirm Clinton's remarks in 1994, raising questions about why an up-and-coming attorney — who in 1974 served as an adviser to the impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal in Washington — would be interested in joining the military.
She had just moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, as Bill Clinton pursued his rise to Arkansas attorney general. She also didn’t have a track record as a steadfast military supporter: While at Wellesley College, she protested the Vietnam War and worked on anti-war presidential campaigns at Yale, The New York Times noted.
Neal Lattimore, Clinton's spokesman in the 1990s, said she may have been interested in becoming a staff judge advocate....
It is interesting how people react to this story. It is noted by the New York Times she was a 'peacenik,' but, as a US Senator she was completely different in her focus of the US military.
If I am not mistaken Hillary Clinton would have graduated with her law degree at this time. If the Marines accepted her I have to question the battle field destination for her service. The Marines probably would have placed her in JAG Corp.
But, none of that happened and the story is simply war wounds of an ambitious woman.
...Over the years, (click here) Clinton's story has remained consistent. The Washington Post, which also tried to confirm Clinton's story, reported that a Marine spokesman responded to then-first lady Clinton's remarks in 1994.
“We won’t attempt to dispute the first lady’s recollection,” a Marine Corps spokesperson said then. “But if she was ill-treated by a Marine recruiter in 1975, it certainly is unfortunate, unprofessional and a mistake we regret.”
The New York Times also tried to confirm Clinton's remarks in 1994, raising questions about why an up-and-coming attorney — who in 1974 served as an adviser to the impeachment inquiry staff during the Watergate scandal in Washington — would be interested in joining the military.
She had just moved to Fayetteville, Arkansas, as Bill Clinton pursued his rise to Arkansas attorney general. She also didn’t have a track record as a steadfast military supporter: While at Wellesley College, she protested the Vietnam War and worked on anti-war presidential campaigns at Yale, The New York Times noted.
Neal Lattimore, Clinton's spokesman in the 1990s, said she may have been interested in becoming a staff judge advocate....
It is interesting how people react to this story. It is noted by the New York Times she was a 'peacenik,' but, as a US Senator she was completely different in her focus of the US military.
If I am not mistaken Hillary Clinton would have graduated with her law degree at this time. If the Marines accepted her I have to question the battle field destination for her service. The Marines probably would have placed her in JAG Corp.
But, none of that happened and the story is simply war wounds of an ambitious woman.
