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Originally posted by Superbelt
Al carried a rifle on his assignments, which were into battle zones, and used it at times when called upon.
/clarifying
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Really wasn't meant to disparage Al's service. Just trying to show that there is little to fall back on when getting into the nitty gritty of either President's Cabinets.
Certainly people can (and have) argue that flying a fighter plane (in peace, war, training, whatever) is at least (or more) dangerous as being a reporter that occassionally sees shots fired in anger.
Will we then have to determine the size of the risk each service member took to gauge how relevant they are to speak about military issues? It's just a ridiculous argument all around.