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In reply to the discussion: Lindsey Graham on Shutdown: If Trump Doesn't 'Break' Dems Now, 'It's Going to Be a Terrible 2019' [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,704 posts)67. Not so. He's a dick, but facts are facts:
Upon graduating from the University of South Carolina School of Law, Graham was commissioned as an officer and judge advocate in the United States Air Force in 1982. He was placed on active duty and in 1984, he was sent to Europe as a military prosecutor and defense attorney, serving at Rhein-Main Air Base in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1984, as he was defending an Air Force pilot accused of using marijuana, he was featured in an episode of 60 Minutes that exposed the Air Force's defective drug-testing procedures. After four years in Europe, he returned to South Carolina, leaving active duty in 1989. He subsequently entered private practice as a lawyer.
During the 199091 Gulf War, Graham was recalled to active duty, serving as a judge advocate at McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, where he helped brief departing pilots on the laws of war. In 1998, the Capitol Hill daily newspaper The Hill contended that Graham was describing himself on his website as an Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran. Graham responded: "I have not told anybody I'm a combatant. I'm not a war hero, and never said I was. ... If I have lied about my military record, I'm not fit to serve in Congress", further noting that he "never deployed."
In 1998, Graham was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 2004, he received his promotion to colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve at a White House ceremony officiated by President George W. Bush. That year, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces held that it was improper for Graham to serve as a military judge while a sitting member of the Senate.
In 2007, Graham served in Iraq as a reservist on active duty for a short period in April and for two weeks in August, where he worked on detainee and rule-of-law issues. He also served in Afghanistan during the August 2009 Senate recess. He was then assigned as a senior instructor for the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_GrahamDuring the 199091 Gulf War, Graham was recalled to active duty, serving as a judge advocate at McEntire Air National Guard Station in Eastover, South Carolina, where he helped brief departing pilots on the laws of war. In 1998, the Capitol Hill daily newspaper The Hill contended that Graham was describing himself on his website as an Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran. Graham responded: "I have not told anybody I'm a combatant. I'm not a war hero, and never said I was. ... If I have lied about my military record, I'm not fit to serve in Congress", further noting that he "never deployed."
In 1998, Graham was promoted to lieutenant colonel. In 2004, he received his promotion to colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve at a White House ceremony officiated by President George W. Bush. That year, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces held that it was improper for Graham to serve as a military judge while a sitting member of the Senate.
In 2007, Graham served in Iraq as a reservist on active duty for a short period in April and for two weeks in August, where he worked on detainee and rule-of-law issues. He also served in Afghanistan during the August 2009 Senate recess. He was then assigned as a senior instructor for the U.S. Air Force JAG Corps.
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Lindsey Graham on Shutdown: If Trump Doesn't 'Break' Dems Now, 'It's Going to Be a Terrible 2019' [View all]
DonViejo
Dec 2018
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"Break the Dems?" LOL Well, at lest he admitted that's what this is all about. But what about
Nitram
Dec 2018
#10
And Trump and Republicans haven't spent the $1+ billion given to them last year..........
Bengus81
Dec 2018
#37
Did Democrats act like children when they refused to consider Merrick Garland for S.C. justice?
JustABozoOnThisBus
Dec 2018
#49
the plans to "break" democrats will not work, its a trump-GOP shutdown, they own it
beachbum bob
Dec 2018
#62
As I recall, the Republicans spent all eight years of the Obama administration wanting him to lose.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Dec 2018
#66