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The Few, The Shameless

by David Kurtz
05.31.10 | 10:37 am

Richard Blumenthal and Mark Kirk are only the latest in a long line of politicians who, when given the chance, embellish, exaggerate, and just outright lie about their own military service records. Brian Beutler walks us down memory lane.

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