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The next summer in july of 1966, mr. romney got his second deferment. this time it was for being a missionary in his church. because mitt romneys church was in favor of the war in vietnam, not every mormon missionary automatically qualified for a deferment from service because of his service to the church. but mitt romney somehow did qualify for that deferment. and his deferment for being a missionary was for longer than the two years that a mormon mission usually lasts. his deferment was for mo...

Because mitt romneys church was in favor of the war in vietnam, not every mormon missionary automatically qualified for a deferment from service because of his service to the church. but mitt romney somehow did qualify for that deferment. and his deferment for being a missionary was for longer than the two years that a mormon mission usually lasts. his deferment was for more than two and a half years. in 1969 after his mission was over, mitt romneys deferment for religious reasons came to an end...

Mr. romney got his second deferme deferment. this time it was for being a missionary in his church. because mitt romneys church was in favor of the war in vietnam, not every mormon missionary automatically qualified for a deferment from service because of his service to the church. but mitt romney somehow did qualify for that deferment. and his deferment for being a missionary was for longer than the two years that a mormon mission usually lasts. his deferment was for more than two and a half ye...

And 70, and then when he finally did pick a draft lottery number, he was 300 out of 365 at a time when nobody over 195 had been called. >> so a high draft number. when we talk about, though, the relationship that the mormon church had, though, with the war, they were very supportive of the vietnam war, correct? >> right, right. so was not only mitt romney but mitt romneys father. i mean, in large measure, in some part, lost his 196 presidential bid because he had gone over in the mid-60s, strong...

Amazing period in my life. i was watching, going to the warden school of finance. i was watching as they did a draft number. the numbers never got up to it. he was born in 1968. the draft was televised in 1969. when we hear these things coming from trumps mouth, what do you know to believe? >> well, you cant believe anything he says, obviously. we have had our own local experience here. he has the trump tower. he marketed 64 floors and never made it there. he said it was sold out. only 14% of th...

Casserole and unraveling as the presidential ambitions attract more and more attention to his own personal record of not only his business undertakings but potentially accusations of mr. trump as a draft dodger. again, here again is his comment on these assertions that shows there were deferments and one medical deferment. thats pretty good, right? >> luck and coincidence. >> he says its funny to realize that. i got lucky because i had a high draft number, ill never forget that was an amazing pe...

Reserves i did not want to avoid service. it was something i wanted to do but historians question that. he could have believed that because at the time there was no expectation of units to be activated. he also said he didnt remember the draft number. i have to tell you this. members of the vietnam generation never forget their draft lottery number. it was that engrained in them and then mark kirk trying to recover from the misstatements about the military service and an example of a death by th...

Proposition. >> i like jerry brown, i think he made a terrible mistake talking about mike dukakis about the use of that word. i think there might be an inside jargonesque aspect to it most people when they hear it is very offensive and he didnt react that way. lets go to the debate in connecticut, equally as harsh. lets listen to the first chunk of that. >> mr. blumenthal, i just want to go back a minute, when you talk about the people of connecticut know you. they know now that you have a diffi...