[Vision2020] Lt. Col. Refuses to Deploy

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Apr 7 13:48:14 PDT 2010


Courtesy of the Army Times at:

http://www.ArmyTimes.com

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Lt. Col. refuses deployment

By Joe Gould - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 16:08:59 EDT

Decorated Army flight surgeon Lt. Col. Terrence Larkin says he will not
comply with orders to deploy to Afghanistan until President Obama releases
his birth certificate.

“I am today compelled to make the distasteful choice to invite my own
court-martial, in pursuit of the truth about the president’s eligibility
under the constitution to hold office,” Larkin said in a YouTube video
being circulated by Safeguard Our Constitution, an organization raising
money for Lakin’s legal defense.

“If he is ineligible, I believe my orders and all orders are illegal,”
said Larkin, 45. “Any reasonable person looking at the evidence in the
public domain would have questions about President Obama’s claim to be a
natural-born citizen.”

Larkin has been in the Army 18 years, is assigned to an Army health clinic
at the Pentagon, and he is a recipient of the Bronze Star and various
service medals.

As of April 2, the Army had not taken action against Lakin. Army spokesman
George Wright noted Larkin has only expressed an intent to violate Uniform
Code of Military Justice articles related to missing movement and
disobeying orders.

“Lieutenant Colonel Larkin is free to express his personal views. The Army
has no comment on his concerns, nor the views that he espoused,” Wright
said. “Whether his actions to date violate any law or policy is for his
chain of command to determine.”

Attempts to reach Larkin for comment were unsuccessful.

The American Patriot Foundation, an organization that questions whether
Obama was born in the United States, is championing Larkin. Margaret
Hemenway, a spokeswoman for the group, said although the Army has not
taken action against Larkin, he has nevertheless retained an attorney.

Hemenway said Larkin, who is due to be promoted to colonel, was risking
his career for his principles.

“I think he’d like the president to say, ‘I need everyone to deploy and
I’ll release my records,’” Hemenway said.

He is not the first soldier to refuse to deploy overseas citing questions
over Obama’s presidential legitimacy. Two soldiers represented by
California attorney Orly Taitz, who has lodged a well-publicized campaign
to challenge the president’s citizenship, have made similar claims.

In July, Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook, a reserve soldier who sought a
temporary restraining order and status as a conscientious objector by the
same justification, had his deployment orders revoked.

Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, also a doctor, filed for a temporary restraining
order to stop her deployment in August. Texas federal judge Xavier
Rodriguez denied the request.

The issue was largely relegated to fringe groups after Obama released a
copy of his Certification of Live Birth from the state of Hawaii in 2008.
It said he was born in Honolulu in 1961, two years after Hawaii became a
state.

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The YouTube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ea9JVnck_-E

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Jeesh!

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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