Senate Candidate Kirk (R-IL) Admits To ‘Misidentified’ Military Award

[jefferson_dem]

Senate Candidate Kirk Admits To ‘Misidentified’ Military Award
By Maya Jackson Randall

Illinois Republican Mark Kirk has made his military record — 21 years in the U.S. Navy Reserve — a key part of his campaign to win President Barack Obama’s old U.S. Senate seat.

But the U.S. congressman is now admitting that his official biography had incorrectly listed him as winning a military award, and that the award he had actually won had been bestowed upon his whole unit.

Illinois Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk “Upon a recent review of my records, I found that an award listed in my official biography was misidentified as ‘Intelligence Officer of the Year’,” he wrote in a recent blog post. He said his staff discovered the error last week.

The Washington Post first reported the incorrect award claim, after receiving complaints from a representative of the campaign of his rival, Illinois Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias.

Kirk, who currently represents the suburbs of Chicago in the U.S. House, has corrected his biography, which now notes that Kirk’s whole unit received the Navy’s Rufus Taylor Intelligence Unit of the Year award for combat service during the Kosovo conflict in 1999.

“It was one of the honors of my life to lead the Intelligence Division Electronic Attack Wing Aviano, Italy - and I am very proud of this award,” Kirk wrote.

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[Cha]

1. Hope Alexi Giannoulias wins!

Since Mark Kirk is a republicon..I can only surmise that he lies for a living unless proven otherwise. pukes don't have a decent record.

[MidwestRick]

3. The fact Jessie Jackson Jr hasn't endorsed the Dem candidate

tells an awful lot, imo.

-MR

[Dr Morbius]

2. I think the timing of this helps Kirk. Had this come out after the oil leak was stopped...

maybe someone in Illinois would pay attention.