The majority of those people were conscious objectors, never fought in a war at all. I don't doubt that a lot of the people who got out, even on a legitimate basis, may have had other motives. I'm not going to judge it. I'm not going to judge whether or not somebody had a 'bad motive.'
On the recordSeptember 5, 2019
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Remarks made by Biden in an interview with the Washington Post.
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