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Oct 31, 2006 4:30 pm US/Eastern

American Legion Demands Apology From Sen. Kerry

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Commander Paul A. Morin of The American Legion demands that Senator Kerry apologize for his remarks.
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The National Commander of The American Legion, the largest veterans organization in the U.S., has called on Sen. John Kerry to apologize for suggesting that American troops in Iraq are uneducated.

Commander Paul A. Morin said "as a constituent of Senator Kerry's I am disappointed. As leader of The American Legion, I am outraged."

Senator Kerry told students at Pasadena City College, "you know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

"The senator's false and outrageous attack was over-the-top and he should apologize now," Morin said. "A generation ago, Sen. Kerry slandered his comrades in Vietnam by saying that they were rapists and murderers. It wasn't true then and his warped view of today's heroes isn't true now."

Commander Morin also said while the Legion and Senator Kerry both agree on the importance of education, "the troops in Iraq represent the most sophisticated, technologically superior military that the world has ever seen."

"I think there is a thing or two that they could teach most college professors and campus elitists about the way the world works," he said.

"And while we are on the topic of education, why doesn't the senator and his comrades in Congress improve the GI Bill so all of today's military members – reserves and guard included – can achieve the educational aspirations that the senator so highly values?" Morin said.

The American Legion has 2.7-million members.