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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 romney's 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 romney's deferment for relig...

Because mitt romney's 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 romney's deferment for religious reasons came to an end, and he came back to stanford and got new student deferments. it was 1970 before mr. romney's def...

Mr. romney got his second deferme deferment. this time it was for being a missionary in his church. because mitt romney's 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 romney's deferment for religious reasons came to an e...

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 romney's father. i mean, in large measure, in some part, lost his 196 presidential bid because he had gone over in the mid-'60s, strongly supported the war, and later became a war opponent and said it was because of the brain washin...

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 trump's mouth, what do you know to believe? >> well, you can't 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 the units were sold. he just says whatever comes into his head. it's interesting, unfortunately, to ...