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Ben Carson, U.S. p**********l hopeful, lied about acceptance to West Point
Republican candidate claims he received scholarship, but he never even applied to military academy
Thomson Reuters Posted: Nov 06, 2015 12:29 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 06, 2015 1:19 PM ET

Ben Carson detailed a scholarship offer from a prestigious military school in his account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969, when Carson was a high school student.
Ben Carson detailed a scholarship offer from a prestigious military school in his account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969, when Carson was a high school student. (Brennan Linsley/Associated Press)

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Republican p**********l candidate Ben Carson's campaign on Friday acknowledged he never applied nor was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – a tale he included in his autobiography and that he has repeated since then, POLITICO reported on Friday.

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Graduating cadets line up after marching into Michie Stadium during a graduation and commissioning ceremony on May 23, 2015, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (Mike Groll/Associated Press)

The details of a scholarship were included in Carson's account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969 when Carson was a high school student in the ROTC program, which provides preliminary military training for students interested in becoming officers.

"He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC supervisors," campaign manager Barry Bennett told POLITICO in an email. "They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission."

That differs from the text of Carson's 1990 autobiography, Gifted Hands, in which he wrote that he dined with Westmoreland and that "Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point."

Trump quickly tweets attack

Rival Donald Trump, with whom Carson is neck-and-neck for the top spot in the Republican p**********l primary polls, quickly took to Twitter to attack the retired neurosurgeon.

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'He considered it but in the end did not seek admission,' Carson's campaign admitted of his actual experience with West Point. (Jessica Christian/Jackson Citizen Patriot/Associated Press)

"WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson! Big story," Trump wrote and included a link to the article in which Carson's campaign acknowledged the fabrication. The revelation came only hours after Carson attacked the media for what he called a "bunch of lies" as he faced questions on Friday about his accounts of his violent past.

Carson, who is popular with evangelical v**ers, often speaks on the campaign trail about his flashes of violence during his youth, casting the lessons he learned from that period as evidence he has the strength of character to be president.

In his autobiography, Carson wrote that as a teen, he tried to stab a friend named Bob in the stomach with a knife but was stopped by the boy's belt buckle.

On Thursday on the campaign trail, when pressed by reporters about the incident and also in an interview with Fox News, Carson said that Bob's name, along with some other names in the autobiography, were pseudonyms that he used to protect the privacy of the people he was writing about. He described Bob in the book as a friend and classmate. In the Fox News interview and on CNN, Carson said the boy was a "close relative."

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Ben Carson, U.S. p**********l hopeful, lied about acceptance to West Point
Republican candidate claims he received scholarship, but he never even applied to military academy
Thomson Reuters Posted: Nov 06, 2015 12:29 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 06, 2015 1:19 PM ET

Ben Carson detailed a scholarship offer from a prestigious military school in his account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969, when Carson was a high school student.
Ben Carson detailed a scholarship offer from a prestigious military school in his account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969, when Carson was a high school student. (Brennan Linsley/Associated Press)

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Republican p**********l candidate Ben Carson's campaign on Friday acknowledged he never applied nor was accepted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point – a tale he included in his autobiography and that he has repeated since then, POLITICO reported on Friday.

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Graduating cadets line up after marching into Michie Stadium during a graduation and commissioning ceremony on May 23, 2015, at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. (Mike Groll/Associated Press)

The details of a scholarship were included in Carson's account of a meeting with General William Westmoreland in 1969 when Carson was a high school student in the ROTC program, which provides preliminary military training for students interested in becoming officers.

"He was introduced to folks from West Point by his ROTC supervisors," campaign manager Barry Bennett told POLITICO in an email. "They told him they could help him get an appointment based on his grades and performance in ROTC. He considered it but in the end did not seek admission."

That differs from the text of Carson's 1990 autobiography, Gifted Hands, in which he wrote that he dined with Westmoreland and that "Later I was offered a full scholarship to West Point."

Trump quickly tweets attack

Rival Donald Trump, with whom Carson is neck-and-neck for the top spot in the Republican p**********l primary polls, quickly took to Twitter to attack the retired neurosurgeon.

Ben Carson
'He considered it but in the end did not seek admission,' Carson's campaign admitted of his actual experience with West Point. (Jessica Christian/Jackson Citizen Patriot/Associated Press)

"WOW, one of many lies by Ben Carson! Big story," Trump wrote and included a link to the article in which Carson's campaign acknowledged the fabrication. The revelation came only hours after Carson attacked the media for what he called a "bunch of lies" as he faced questions on Friday about his accounts of his violent past.

Carson, who is popular with evangelical v**ers, often speaks on the campaign trail about his flashes of violence during his youth, casting the lessons he learned from that period as evidence he has the strength of character to be president.

In his autobiography, Carson wrote that as a teen, he tried to stab a friend named Bob in the stomach with a knife but was stopped by the boy's belt buckle.

On Thursday on the campaign trail, when pressed by reporters about the incident and also in an interview with Fox News, Carson said that Bob's name, along with some other names in the autobiography, were pseudonyms that he used to protect the privacy of the people he was writing about. He described Bob in the book as a friend and classmate. In the Fox News interview and on CNN, Carson said the boy was a "close relative."

For those trying to defend this lie ,please stop. It wasn't even a good lie.
Every Cadet that enters West Point is there on scholarship.Its part of the tough admissions process.Carson exposed an ignorance of this process even by referring to scholarship.There is no tuition if you are admitted.Those defending him also seem to ignore the fact that Westmoreland was in Washington,DC. on the date Carson says he was in Detroit. since he plays such a significant part in Carson's story,and the date is absolute, there is no way for him to get out of that lie.Finally,and this is most important, the process is defined and tough.There has to be either a Congressional nomination ( your Senator or House member)or a nomination from the Vice president of the United States. Without a nomination,there is no chance of even applying.So it's impossible for someone to have offered him a place a West Point,even if Westmoreland was there( and he wasn't).
He lied, He very obviously lied. It's a really bad lie.

Watch this interview with Charlie Rose and tell me if it sounds lik he is just a guy who was told he could probably get in and get a "full scholarship" to a school which doesn't offer scholarships. And now it looks like he's claiming to have gotten an offer of another "full scholarship" to another school he claims he didn't apply to.

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SamDawkins,Dr.Carson did not lie about West Point,Politico and all the liberal media is trying to destroy Dr.Carson,because they rather run Trump against Hillary. They know Dr.Carson is a stronger opponent in her race. You want to talk about Liars? How about Hillary telling her daughter and others that B******i WAS a terrorist attack,then telling the American public that it was a spontaniance attack caused by a video,when she know the t***h all the time. She has been cought in more lies but either you guy are very stupid or covering up for her,either way not good. Stop drinking the Kool-Aid and be honest.