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Orrin Hatch bill not meant for Mark Kirk
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| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 01, 2010 04:23pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, June 1, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Sen. Orrin Hatch’s (R-Utah) bill making it illegal to air misleading public statements about one’s military service would not apply to Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), a spokeswoman for the senator indicated Tuesday.
Hatch’s Stolen Valor Act came in response to Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal’s admission that he had incorrectly said that he served in the Marines “in” Vietnam rather than “during” the Vietnam War.
The bill would make such misstatements punishable by up to six months in jail. But it would not likely apply to Kirk, who incorrectly claimed to have received the “Navy Intelligence Officer of the Year” award, Hatch spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier told POLITICO. |
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