# Bush military service

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-military-service/168047>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 11, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-military-service/168047 "2003-04-11T15:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![TSBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bush-military-service/168047/21 "2012-01-01T23:32:36Z")

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Since it’s been resurrected…

Perhaps Gore had his tour in Vietnam cut short due to connections, I don’t know. But I do have a cousin in the Navy who served a one-year tour in Basra. His tour was cut short for reasons that had nothing to do with influence. It happens.

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