Richard Blumenthal: Do reports of less-than-truthful statements by politicians affect your vote?
Richard Blumenthal, a Democratic Senate candidate running in Connecticut, is facing questions over public statements he's made about his military service during the Vietnam war.
Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is taking heat after an article in The New York Times showed discrepancies between his public statements and his military record during the Vietnam war. His campaign manager called the story an "outrageous distortion."
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