Videos Show Blumenthal’s Waffling on Vietnam

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There’s new video of embattled U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal saying he never served in Vietnam. And then there’s one suggesting he did.

Did he?
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Or didn’t he?
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The videos follow a front-page story in the New York Times this morning, which highlighted statements by the Connecticut attorney general suggesting he did a tour of duty in Vietnam. But in a video taken from a debate in March, Blumenthal is more clear — he remained in the U.S.

More from TIME’s Swampland blog and the Washington Post.