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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nSo, you can imagine what my inbox looks like this morning because the VA Secretary, Robert MacDonald, was busted telling a homeless dude (who was probably lying, too) that he was Special Forces. Here’s the video (at about 1:15);<\/p>\n
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It turns out that MacDonald was commissioned from West Point and graduated from the Army’s Ranger School. His time in the military was spent at the 82d Airborne Division. The Hill quotes MacDonald;<\/p>\n
\u201cI have no excuse,\u201d McDonald told The Huffington Post. \u201cI was not in special forces.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added that he \u201creacted spontaneously\u201d and \u201cwrongly [with] no intent in any way to describe my record as any different than it is.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yeah, well, there were likely at least two liars on the street that night. Every homeless fellow I’ve met claimed to be Special Forces. <\/p>\n
“Secretary McDonald has apologized for the misstatement and noted that he never intended to misrepresent his military service,” the White House said in a statement provided to The Huffington Post.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He never intended to misrepresent his service, but then he did. We’ve busted a lot of those 82d guys who claim to be special forces. And here’s yet another. He was right down Ardennes Street from special forces on Fort Bragg, so same thing, really. Except that it’s not.<\/p>\n