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In reply to the discussion: Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. [View all]UpInArms
(53,129 posts)10. John McCain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 August 25, 2018) was an American statesman[2] and naval officer who represented the state of Arizona in Congress for over 35 years, first as a Representative from 1983 to 1987, and then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
McCain is a son of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and grandson of Admiral John S. McCain Sr. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the U.S. Navy. McCain became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over Hanoi in October 1967, McCain was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early release. He sustained wounds that left him with lifelong physical disabilities. McCain retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona.
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Born John Sidney McCain III
August 29, 1936
Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
Died August 25, 2018 (aged 81)
Cornville, Arizona, U.S.
John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 August 25, 2018) was an American statesman[2] and naval officer who represented the state of Arizona in Congress for over 35 years, first as a Representative from 1983 to 1987, and then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
McCain is a son of Admiral John S. McCain Jr. and grandson of Admiral John S. McCain Sr. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the U.S. Navy. McCain became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Vietnam War, he almost died in the 1967 USS Forrestal fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over Hanoi in October 1967, McCain was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese. He was a prisoner of war until 1973. McCain experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early release. He sustained wounds that left him with lifelong physical disabilities. McCain retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona.
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Born John Sidney McCain III
August 29, 1936
Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
Died August 25, 2018 (aged 81)
Cornville, Arizona, U.S.
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Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base. [View all]
IrishBubbaLiberal
Jun 26
OP
The issue was only ever a political smear, but it was hashed out in public anyway...
Hekate
Jun 26
#12
My ex-husband and my son's father (white) was born on an Air Force base in England. Does this mean he's an illegal?
sinkingfeeling
Jun 26
#7
First I'm hearing of this..I think..a few posters are leaving. I'm without words so pissed
Deuxcents
Jun 26
#14
What they are showing us here is, they can do anything to anyone at any time
questionseverything
Jun 26
#8
This is beyond fucked up. Especially after hearing the full story of how he was detained by ICE in the first place
tulipsandroses
Jun 26
#34
Yet the public and the press will still believe that the right supports the troops.
LonePirate
Jun 27
#41