I have had no correspondence with Ms. Patrick since she originally sent me the e-mail regarding the fact that the links timed out as below. (For her privacy, I have removed Ms. Patrick's e-mail address from this correspondence, however, I'm sure that you can get in contact with her or someone else at the Gazette by using the e-mail address that I originally sent my question to, news@dailygazette.net)
-----Original Message-----
From: March, Kevin
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 2:30 PM
To: 'Judy Patrick'
Subject: RE: Re: Fwd: A question regarding Presidential coverage
Ms. Patrick,
Since sending this back to you with what I believe are fully functional links, I have neither seen this in the Daily Gazette, nor have I received any correspondence from you regarding the possible publishing of this article. Could you please advise what the current status of this article for the Daily Gazette are?
It has now been a full week since I sent this to you originally, correcting the link the following day. Although it has been this length of time, this is still quite a pertinent story, as the election is not until November 4th, 56 days from now.
I hope to hear from you again soon, or see this article published in the Daily Gazette.
Thanks,
Kevin March
-----Original Message-----
From: March, Kevin
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 6:40 AM
To: 'Judy Patrick'
Subject: RE: Re: Fwd: A question regarding Presidential coverage
Ms. Patrick,
While I was home last night, I went and tried the link and it did work. Here's another copy of the exact link, http://www.courant.com/news/politics/ats-ap-cvn-biden-vietnamaug31,0,2934547.story. If this link does not work, can I suggest that you go to http://www.rotterdamny.info and search for Obama. There is a link regarding Obama / Biden running for the office of President where one person has copied this article to with the working link.
Thanks,
Kevin March
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Patrick
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 3:48 PM
To: March, Kevin
Subject: Fwd: Re: Fwd: A question regarding Presidential coverage
Kevin,
The links you sent have timed out.
Judy Patrick
Managing editor
The Gazette Newspapers
Schenectady NY 12301
-----Original Message-----
From: "News Department" <news@dailygazette.net>
To: 'Judy Patrick'
Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:04 -0400
Subject: Fwd: A question regarding Presidential coverage
-----Original Message-----
From: "March, Kevin"
To: <news@dailygazette.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:49:53 -0500
Subject: A question regarding Presidential coverage
I just have a question regarding the coverage of the upcoming Presidential election in your newspaper. I see that today, in the lower left-hand corner of the Capital Region edition of your newspaper, you have the story today titled "Palin reveals news on family, Unwed daughter, 17, is pregnant," by Liz Sidoty from the Associated Press.
What I find mysteriously missing from your newspaper over the past few days is the article which was in the AP regarding the service record (or lack thereof) of Vice Presidential nominee, Joe Biden. Could you please explain why this story and others like it would not be published in your newspaper?
Upon speaking to one of your reporters some time ago, they told me that the Daily Gazette gets is national news (generally Section A of your newspaper) directly from the Associated Press. I hope that you will take the time and space in your newspaper at the earliest convenience to publish the following article, found at this link -
http://www.courant.com/news/politics/ats-ap-cvn-biden-vietnamaug31,0,2934547.story
<http://www.courant.com/news/politics/ats-ap-cvn-biden-vietnamaug31,0,2934547.story> .
If one Vice Presidential nominee should have this aired in your newspaper, shouldn't both?
I hope to hear from you and/or see that you will publish this story and/or others such as this, showing all sides of the story. I find this missing from almost all of the media and hope that the Gazette will be a difference in this field, making it an outstanding paper that is wanted by many more customers for its views of all the news, not a slanted view from one side.
This is one main reason that you see a declination in general numbers of newspaper subscriptions around the country, including in the capital region. The full story can be found on the internet, but needs to be searched out. We should be able to get the full story from the Daily Gazette also.
Respectfully,
Kevin March
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Biden received 5 deferments before being declared medically ineligible
for Vietnam
By RANDALL CHASE | Associated Press Writer
1:32 PM EDT, August 31, 2008
DOVER, Del. (AP) _ Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden received five student draft deferments during the Vietnam War, the same number of deferments received by Vice President private Cheney, and later was disqualified from service because of asthma as a teenager.
Officials with Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign released Biden's Selective Service records at the request of The Associated Press. Less detailed records were available from a National Archives facility in Philadelphia.
According to the documents, Biden, 65, received several deferments while he was an undergraduate at the University of Delaware and later as a law student at Syracuse University. A month after undergoing a physical
exam in April 1968, Biden received a Selective Service classification of 1-Y, meaning he was available for service only in the event of national emergency.
"As a result of a physical exam on April 5, 1968, Joe Biden was classified 1-Y and disqualified from service because of asthma as a teenager," said David Wade, a campaign spokesman.
In "Promises to Keep," a memoir that was published last year and became an instant best-seller after he was tapped as Obama's running mate, Biden never mentions his asthma, recounting an active childhood, work as a lifeguard and football exploits in high school.
The Obama campaign pointed to media interviews from 1987, when Biden was making his first bid for the presidency, that mention his asthma.
Military service and questions about which presidential ticket would be stronger on national security are intertwined in the presidential race. Republican John McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent 5½ years in a Vietnamese prison, has argued that he has stronger background to be commander in chief. Democratic nominee Barack Obama counters that McCain would continue a wrong-headed foreign policy from the Bush administration.
Biden has had extensive experience with national security issues in the Senate. McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, has been Alaska governor for two years and before that was a small-town mayor.
Biden's five student deferments equal the number given to Vice President private Cheney, who has been quoted as saying he had "other priorities" than military service in the 1960s.
According to records AP obtained from the National Archives, Biden registered Feb. 15, 1961, with the Selective Service, when he was an 18-year-old student at Archmere Academy in Wilmington. The archives documents do not include any information about his classification or physical exam.
Documents provided by the Obama campaign indicate Biden received a classification questionnaire in October 1963, when he was enrolled at the University of Delaware, and received his first 2-S student deferment a month later. Additional deferments were granted in roughly 12-month intervals, the last coming in January 1968, shortly before he graduated from law school at Syracuse University.
Then in April 1968, when he was 25, Biden was disqualified from service due to asthma.
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