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Wednesday, February 22, 2006 12:00 AM

Fit to command

The U.S. should require that presidential candidates have military experience.
By Garrison Keillor

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  • Wednesday, February 22, 2006 07:59 AM

    Lincoln's (minimal) military service

    Lincoln did have military experience, though nothing to write home about. He briefly held the rank of captain in the Illinois militia in 1832 during the Black Hawk War, although he did not see action. He wrote after being elected captain by his peers that he had not had "any such success in life which gave him so much satisfaction."

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