Howard Dean misfires on his brother’s military status.
The Quad City Times of Iowa catches Howard Dean.
Last Sunday, Howard Dean offered an unusually revealing answer.
The candidates were asked to complete this sentence: My closest living relative in the armed services is…?
Dean’s reply: “…my brother is a POW/MIA in Laos, but is almost certainly dead.”
Dean’s truthful answer provided an inaccurate response. His brother was never a member of the armed services.…
The U.S. Department of Defense classified Charlie Dean as Missing in Action, meaning that he was among those officially sought by our government. He wasn’t the only civilian with such a classification.
But he was a civilian, not a member of the armed services.
(*) In Vermont the former governor is said to frequently “shoot from the lip.” That appears to be the case here.
It’s also strange that Howard Dean still believes his brother his only “almost certainly dead.” In fact, Charles Dean’s remains have been found and brought back to the US. (†)
December 27th, 2003 at 23:05
According to the McCain Bill, Public Law 102-190, as amended, Title 50 U.S.C. 435, signed into law on December 5, 1991, the government is required to keep records on all POWs/MIAs, including civilians. On the list dated 2003/11/17 you will find DEAN, CHARLES.
If the US government thinks that Charles Dean is a civilian POW/MIA, who are you to disagree?
December 29th, 2003 at 17:21
Howard Dean was replying to a question about relatives in the armed services. A civilian POW or a civilian MIA, Charles Dean was never in the armed services.