http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/GOP_challenger_claims_war_veteran_status_0802.html
Wednesday August 2, 2006
Candidate 'war veteran' and 'Harvard degree' claims challenged
RAW STORY
A GOP challenger to Rep. Alan Mohollan (D-WV) has come under scrutiny
after accusations he falsely claimed to be a veteran of the first Gulf
war.
Republican candidate Chris Wakim (right) has also been questioned
about the type of graduate degree he received from Harvard University,
ROLL CALL is reporting today.
Wakim currently serves as a member of the House of Delegates in West
Virginia.
He has claimed to be a veteran of the first Gulf War, honorably
discharged for injuries sustained "in the line of duty."
However, the Delegate was actually stationed at Fort Devens in
Massachusetts from 1988 to 1991, the period encompassing the war.
Waskim has also been questioned about his claim of earning a "Masters
Degree in Public Policy from Harvard."
Wakim did not attend Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government,
the only school at Harvard that awards such a degree.
ROLL CALL reports he "graduated from the Harvard Extension School, and
he received a Masters in Liberal Arts."
Harvard Extension School has open enrollment, meaning everyone is
accepted for courses.
The school is not a part of Harvard University, although the two
schools are affiliated.
Excerpts from the registration-restricted article follow:
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/52_16/news/14609-1.html
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Wakim, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates for the past
four years, said in his official campaign biography that he is a "Gulf
War veteran," and he repeated the claim in a speech to the American
Legion on May 29 and in other public appearances and interviews.
The National Republican Congressional Committee, in its own release,
called Wakim a "disabled Gulf War veteran honorably discharged for
injuries sustained in the line of duty."
Wakim, however, actually was stationed at Fort Devens in Massachusetts
from 1988 to 1991, and he never went to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia or the
Persian Gulf region during the war, which lasted from August 1990 to
April 1991.
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Wakim also was asked by reporters to explain his claim to have earned
an [sic] master’s degree in public policy from Harvard.
Only the prestigious John F. Kennedy School of Government can award
such a graduate degree.
Wakim, though, did not attend the Kennedy School.
Instead, he graduated from the Harvard Extension School, and he
received a "Masters in Liberal Arts."
The Harvard Extension School, which is affiliated with but not part of
Harvard University, has an "open" enrollment policy, meaning that
anyone can take its courses, while the Kennedy School is much more
exclusive.
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The guy perfectly fits the Republican political candidate profile.
Harry
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