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Asked during Saturday nights Republican presidential debate about Ron Pauls charge that he is a chicken hawk, a visibly angry Newt Gingrich fired back by saying the Texas congressman has a history of making inaccurate statements about opponents.
Gingrich pointed out that he comes from a military family, and that his father spent 27 years in the Army as an infantryman. He also noted the decades he has spent working with the military as a civilian.
I would say, as an Army brat who watched his mother, his sisters, and his father for 27 years, I have a pretty good sense of what military families and veterans family need, Gingrich said.
WMUR Anchor Josh McElveen asked Gingrich the original question. When his fellow moderator Diane Sawyer turned the conversation back to Paul, the congressman implied that Gingrich had sought military deferments to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.
I think people who dont serve when they could and they get three or four or even five deferments arent they have no right to send our kids off to war, and not be even against the wars that we have, Paul, a former Air Force flight surgeon, said. Im trying to stop the wars. But at least, you know, I went when they called me up.
Read more: Newt Gingrich | Ron Paul | Chicken Hawk | The Daily Caller
Gingrich pointed out that he comes from a military family, and that his father spent 27 years in the Army as an infantryman. He also noted the decades he has spent working with the military as a civilian.
I would say, as an Army brat who watched his mother, his sisters, and his father for 27 years, I have a pretty good sense of what military families and veterans family need, Gingrich said.
WMUR Anchor Josh McElveen asked Gingrich the original question. When his fellow moderator Diane Sawyer turned the conversation back to Paul, the congressman implied that Gingrich had sought military deferments to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.
I think people who dont serve when they could and they get three or four or even five deferments arent they have no right to send our kids off to war, and not be even against the wars that we have, Paul, a former Air Force flight surgeon, said. Im trying to stop the wars. But at least, you know, I went when they called me up.
Read more: Newt Gingrich | Ron Paul | Chicken Hawk | The Daily Caller