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Re:'The Internet is for Porn' – Blackmail in 2033 by stephengillie on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @10:52AM (#4386212)
Military services was never required for Congress or the President of the US

It was an unwritten requirement because nobody took non-veterans seriously as presidential candidates.

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Re:'The Internet is for Porn' – Blackmail in 2033 by DougWebb on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @04:19PM (#4387985)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_the_Unite...

According to the table on that page, 11 US Presidents had no prior military service. This goes all the way back to John Adams, President #2 and our first Vice President. That's a full 25% that were not in the military. Many of the others were in the militia or national guard, which until fairly recently was not the same thing.

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