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Originally Posted by Chris
TBH I’m slightly bemused that military service is still a ‘thing’ when it comes to presidents. If Kamala Harris gets a nomination in 2024 will anyone try to make an issue of her not having been in the military?
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It's become less common as the WW2 generation died. I looked it up and was surprised how common it was until Clinton:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...litary_service
What's also interesting is that no veteran of Vietnam has ever become President despite it being the other major American war. You would expect at least one given how many Americans went but when I think about it every nominee who served lost their race: Al Gore, John Kerry and McCain. George Bush is on there but he didn't really serve in Vietnam.
In America, it seems like military service was an important qualifier for President until one day it wasn't.