John De Gennaro wrote:
> Kerry citation a 'total mystery' to ex-Navy chief
>
> August 28, 2004
>
> BY THOMAS LIPSCOMB
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> Former Navy Secretary John Lehman has no idea where a Silver Star
citation
> displayed on Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's campaign Web
site
> came from, he said Friday. The citation appears over Lehman's signature.
>
> "It is a total mystery to me. I never saw it. I never signed it. I never
> approved it. And the additional language it contains was not written by
me,"
> he said.
>
> The additional language varied from the two previous citations, signed
first
> by Adm. Elmo Zumwalt and then Adm. John Hyland, which themselves differ.
The
> new material added in the Lehman citation reads in part: "By his brave
> actions, bold initiative, and unwavering devotion to duty, Lieutenant
(jg)
> Kerry reflected great credit upon himself...."
>
> Asked how the citation could have been executed over his signature
without
> his knowledge, Lehman said: "I have no idea. I can only imagine they
were
> signed by an autopen." The autopen is a device often used in the routine
> execution of executive do***ents in government.
>
> Kerry senior adviser Michael Meehan could not be reached for comment on
> Kerry's records.
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Why waste your time? Kerry has stated on The Daily that he
never went to Vietnam. It was all a fantasy. Now get on with
it and vote the moron Bush out of the White House. That's
what counts now. Kerry is more intelligent, has more
integrity and would be a better President for the USA and
for the world.
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