Mormon Church Obtained Vietnam Draft Deferrals for Romney

As the Vietnam War raged in the 1960's, Mitt Romney received a
deferment from the draft as a Mormon "minister" in France, which
lasted two and a half years. Before and after his missionary
deferment, Romney also received nearly three years of deferments
for his academic studies. The deferments for Mormon missionaries
became increasingly controversial in the late 1960's, especially
in Utah, leading the Mormon Church and the government to limit
the number of church missionaries who could put off their
military service.

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