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sinkingfeeling

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Tue Jul 10, 2012, 11:21 AM Jul 2012

Ken Aden, Arkansas Congressional Candidate, Drops Out Of Race Over Questions About His Military Reco [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/09/ken-aden-arkansas-congressional-candidate-military-record_n_1660248.html

In a statement on Monday, Aden said persistent questions about his military experience have "created a tremendous distraction" as he attempted to unseat Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) in the state's 3rd congressional district.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported last month that military documents disprove Aden's claim that he served as a Special Forces soldier. Aden "washed out of Special Forces training, not once but three times," the Gazette wrote.

Arkansas Democratic Party spokesman Candace Martin told the Associated Press that with Aden out of the race, Womack will now be running without a Democratic opponent in the fall.

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This means that teabagger, Womack, will have two more years to vote as Boner tells him against everything and anything that might help the people of Arkansas.
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