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In 1967, to gain experience on Capitol Hill, during his final semester of law school, McConnell was an intern for Senator John Sherman Cooper (R-KY).

Not coincidentally, Senator Cooper possibly created or was used as a diversion regarding McConnell's military

service. From the Hillbilly Report: Feb. 13, 2007
Kentucky Kernel Article, dated November 1, 1996.
Senator’s Discharge Questioned. By Chris Padgett News Editor.

A letter found in the UK Library Department of Special Collections of a request from a former U.S. Senator to the then commanding general of Fort Knox created conflicting stories Thursday about the military record of Republican U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell. The letter was found in

the personal letters of U.S. Sen. John Sherman Cooper, a Republican from Kentucky. it was written to Maj. Gen. A. D. Surles, commanding general of Fort Knox. McConnell served as an intern in Coopers Washington, DC. office in summer of 1964. He was in boot camp at Ft. Knox and a

a member of the 100th Division of the U.S. Army Reserve. The letter was dated August 10, 1967, during a time when U.S. troops were being sent to Vietnam for combat duty. In the letter, Cooper advises the major general that ‘Mitchell anxious to clear post in order to enroll NYU.

Please advise when final action can he expected.” According to the Registrar’s Office at New York University, no record exists that
McConnell ever applied or enrolled for classes at that university. McConnell attended UK and earned a law degree in 1967 before he enlisted in the

he enlisted in the Army reserve. Senator Cooper died in 1991, at the age of 89. Here's a more complete note on the letter: While waiting for the release from active military duty McConnell's Army Reserve Unit was serving it's summer active duty at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina.

Instead of following military procedure that would transfer McConnell from the training unit back to the Army Reserve Unit, McConnell was released from military service directly from the training unit by the Commanding General of Ft. Knox. This is a #directviolation of military

procedure and would only occur in the most critical circumstances. Moving further ahead, a Major was upset about the story of a new member of the 100th Army Reserve Unit in Basic Training at Ft. Knox was arrested in the barracks for sodomy. The guy is getting out of the military

and the excuse will be due to an illness, an eye disorder. The Major then told a joke about it saying, "I guess the guy couldn't see the difference between guys and girls." Lynch asked him how this guy could accomplish this and get a release from the army. The Major told him that

the soldier had served as an intern to Senator John Sherman Cooper and Senator Cooper called the Commanding General of Ft. Knox to arrange the discharge. At the time the Major told Lynch the name of the soldier but the name didn't stick to his brain. Lynch said frankly it was not

important at the time because the name McConnell meant nothing to him. It was not until the issue was raised in McConnell's senate race of 1990 that he remembered the incident.

Mitch was a recipient of #WhitePrivlige. Addison M. McConnell Jr deserves an investigation! He's the head of this snake and he needs to be held accountable!