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Home Front: Politix
Congresscritters with military experience
2010-08-15
7th CavDemocrat, your original headline somehow got chopped off, so I improvised.
Just so people can see who in Congress actually "walked the walk" not just "talks the talk" about the Military and War matters.

Here is a list of all members of the current U.S. Senate that Served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
  • Democrats: 13
  • Republicans: 11

Here is a list of all members of of the current House of Representatives that Served in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Current House Leadership (None are Veterans)
  • Democrats: 25
  • Republicans: 18
The lists at both sites make for very interesting reading (click on each "Here is a list" to go to each site). Thank you for pulling this together for us, 7thCavDemocrat. A good and useful first post!
Posted by:7thCavDemocrat

#6  Edward Kennedy (D-MA) U.S. Army 1951-53

a) Spent in Paris

b) Enlistment cut short due to political intervention.
Posted by: Pappy   2010-08-15 20:14  

#5  RINO Navy Intelligence officer.... well maybe. RINO Massachusetts Army Reserve JAG officer.... FORGET IT! I've seen enuf already.
Posted by: Besoeker   2010-08-15 14:51  

#4  They also left off Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) who is running for the Senate. He may be a RINO, but he also is/was a Navy Intell officer.
Posted by: Spot   2010-08-15 14:44  

#3  Where is Rep Duncan D. Hunter, my congresscritter (and a damn good one, like his Dad)? He is a former U.S. Marine Captain who served in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2002 and 2007 and is the only combat veteran of the war on terror currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. Artillery, his specialty.

this list is suspect if they left him off
Posted by: Frank G   2010-08-15 14:07  

#2  Dead - Edward Kennedy (D-MA) U.S. Army 1951-53
Democrats: 13 12
Posted by: Goodluck   2010-08-15 09:22  

#1  They swore an oath twice - and yet still violate it on a daily basis.
Posted by: newc   2010-08-15 08:10  

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