Posted on Jul 24, 2014
What Army Values did this retired Colonel allegedly violate and why?
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Discuss the implications of a past senior ranking officer who allegedly plagiarized his Masters' thesis while attending the Army War College. He is now a US Senator from Montana after recently being appointed to the position. Should this affect his current Senatorial seat? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/24/us/politics/montana-senator-john-walsh-plagiarized-thesis.html?_r=0
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Now he's saying PTSD made him do it......
Democratic senator cites PTSD in apparent thesis plagiarism
A Montana senator and Iraq War veteran who is running for re-election suggested Wednesday that medication he took for post-traumatic stress disorder may have been responsible for plagiarized passages in his thesis.
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MSG Wade Huffman
And we wonder why the general population has so much trouble understanding PTSD... *sigh*...
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LTC (Join to see)
LTC Paul Labrador isn't that lovely, Sir!?!! Another person who utilizes the age old "it's not my fault because..." clause. I certainly hope that he continues to make these contradictory statements so it stays in the news longer and gives everyone in his state the opportunity to see exactly what kind of person this guy is. Sounds like he had other issues when he was in the military as well so I'm sure more things will come trickling out soon.
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LTC (Join to see)
I believe he violated integrity obviously (he got none) and honor since he did not live by and carry out the Army values.
As a politician he fits right in with the rest of them so he probably won't face any hardship over this
I believe he violated integrity obviously (he got none) and honor since he did not live by and carry out the Army values.
As a politician he fits right in with the rest of them so he probably won't face any hardship over this
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What value did he violate? Integrity.
Should it affect his current seat? Not directly. But it should give voters pause in whether they should re-elect him.
Should it affect his current seat? Not directly. But it should give voters pause in whether they should re-elect him.
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LTC (Join to see)
LTC Paul Labrador Sir,
Thank you for your response. He doesn't believe that he did anything wrong. What would you say to him to convince him that he violated the Army Value of Integrity?
Thank you for your response. He doesn't believe that he did anything wrong. What would you say to him to convince him that he violated the Army Value of Integrity?
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MAJ (Join to see)
LTC (Join to see) Here's a link showing the plagiarized sections. He literally copied entire pages directly. It's pretty blatant:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/23/us/politics/john-walsh-final-paper-plagiarism.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/23/us/politics/john-walsh-final-paper-plagiarism.html?_r=0
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LTC (Join to see)
MAJ (Join to see) I posted the article that has the sections. I read it. I know it's blatant but this is a discussion forum so I'm trying to stimulate some discussion and delve a little bit deeper into how this applies to the Army Values. There also might be other areas of discussion that this could lead into that I'm hoping people will pick up on and expand upon
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LTC Paul Labrador
MAJ Todd, first I would show him the definition of plagiarism, then show him the schoolhouse regs regarding plagiarism, then show him his work and how it was blatantly plagiarized, THEN I would ask hiim if he still thinks he didn't do anything wrong.
If he is still being recitent about it, then you show him the definition of integrity per the Army values.
If he is still being recitent about it, then you show him the definition of integrity per the Army values.
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