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Schmidt's final attempt to discredit Hackett fails

The Schmidt Campaign released a press release Monday alleging that Paul Hackett has been misleading voters by "touting that he will be the first Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran to serve in Congress." According to the press release, "that is untrue."

The release goes on to explain that
Republican Congressman Mark Steven Kirk of Illinois served in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Kirk is a Naval Reserve intelligence officer who is the only member of Congress to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Kirk's official website, as listed in the press release, repeats the claim that "he is the only member of Congress to serve in Operation Iraqi Freedom."

Confused by this last minute development, I decided to dig deeper. As it turns out, Kirk has been a member of Congress since before Operation Iraqi Freedom began. How could he, I wondered, serve in an overseas conflict as an active member of The United States Congress.

The answer came in a USA Today candidate profile from the 2004 election. According to the profile, Kirk
continues to serve one weekend a month in the Pentagon, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff war room during Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Without discounting from Kirk's previous combat experience, I would hardly consider a politician spending "one weekend a month" in the Pentagon to be a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Most definitions of veteran include the phrase "active duty status." Active duty status refers to "full-time duty in the active military service of the United States." Given these criteria, the situation becomes much more clear. Mark Steven Kirk was a politican in D.C. when the conflict began, and he was a politician in D.C. when he spent one weekend a month at the Pentagon during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Despite Jean Schmidt's attempts to make the issue cloudy, if elected later today, Paul Hackett will be the first veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom to serve in Congress.



UPDATE

In what role did the Congressman fly over Iraq? If it was diplomatic, or as a Congressman going to visit the troops, he is no more a veteran of the war than Hillary Clinton or Al Franken who have both made trips to boost troop morale.

Eric, your "guarantee" means jack-nothing. You are a proven partisan hack and liar. Mark Kirk is a OIF vet because of his monthly service in DC. His flight over Iraq five years ago was part of a completely different military campaign and it has NOTHING to do with OIF.

For such a supposedly honorable veteran, you sure do lie a lot for your GOP buddies. Next up from Eric: Why Governor Taft is actually an OIF veteran.

Eric,

I thought you said you were not going to comment on this until August 3rd. Hmmm...

Anyway, this is directly from Representative Mark Kirk's Congressional website:

"Kirk flew on missions over Iraq and continues to serve one weekend a month in the Pentagon."

It does not say when he flew over Iraq. However, Representative Kirk's campaign website says:

"Kirk is the only member of Congress to serve stateside during Operation Iraqi Freedom and was an air crewman over Iraq protecting the northern no-fly zone as part of Operation Northern Watch."

Operation Northern Watch ended with the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom in March 2003.

So, while Congressman Kirk may have flown over Iraq during Operation Northern Watch, he served at the stateside, at the Pentagon during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I commend Congressman Kirk's service. However, I think Jean Schmidt is grasping at straws.

Here's what I told Atrios:

"I just talked with Matt Townsend [Kirk press secretary] at Kirk's office and he told me that Schmidt's people had called him asking about Kirk's service record. He indicated that Kirk was "prohibited" from serving in Iraq but did serve *stateside* in OIF. That's all, and the next thing he knew they ran the press release."

And Eric, you and your lying ilk are being hammered over at Project Illogic.

Minameyer thinks you're stupid. His "guarantee" that Kirk is an Iraqi Freedom veteran is bullshit. The military defines Iraqi Freedom veterans by giving them a medal.

"Sec. 2. Iraq Campaign Medal. There is hereby established the Iraq Campaign Medal with suitable appurtenances. Except as limited in section 3 of this order, and under uniform regulations to be prescribed by the Secretaries of the military departments and approved by the Secretary of Defense, or under regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of Homeland Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy, the Iraq Campaign Medal shall be awarded to members of the uniformed services of the United States who serve or have served in Iraq or contiguous waters or air space, as defined by such regulations, on or after March 19, 2003, and before a terminal date to be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense."

Minameyer has experience in the military, so he knows that the date above denotes the beginning of "Iraqi Freedom." He's just completely dishonest.

oh my, George W Bush is a Vietnam Vet!

"The Congressman's bio says he flew over Iraq. I guarantee you that qualifies as being an Iraqi Freedom veteran."

Not when he flew over Iraq years before "Iraqi Freedom" started. During Iraqi freedom the congressman served one week a month stateside.

The reality is that when any Democratic candidate has a solid military record, the Republicans are going to try to Swiftboat him. That is a reality all such Democratic candidates have to expect and be prepared to deal with.

Reading this I get the impression that there is some confusion over military terms. Hackett served and by all accounts served honorably. His campaigning has fallen somewhat short of that standard with his being a different man depending on audience. Obviously, Hackett would not be my choice but that has nothing to do with his military service. His past as an ambulance chasing lawyer and his positions on issues are the deciding factors.

Hey Minamyer, go fuck yourself. Seriously, anyone told you that yet?

Classic.

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