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John McCain's military record

John McCain's military record and its use in politics, although not fully documented in the provided sources.

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Jan 21, 2026

How have presidential candidates historically disclosed medical records and cognitive evaluations, and what standards exist for transparency?

in the have moved from longstanding secrecy about health toward a modern expectation of voluntary disclosure, but there is no legal requirement forcing them to release medical records or cognitive eva...

Jan 9, 2026

What were Bill Clinton’s, George W. Bush’s, and John McCain’s draft or service records and how were they politically used?

Bill Clinton received student deferments, studied at Oxford, entered the 1969 draft but drew a high lottery number and was never called — a sequence confirmed by contemporaneous reporting and later go...