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Originally posted by NousDefionsDoc
Any American that served voluntarily in the military or public service despite knowing they "could do better".
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I believe the phrase you may be looking for is "I had other priorities than military service"; now that the BS brouhaha over President Bush's service seems to have run its course, look for VP Cheney's words to come back to haunt him and the ticket.
I like Kurds and sweatshop workers, but for non-Americans having the greatest influence on America, the clear winner is the French. They helped us immeasurably in our Revolution and then showed us in theirs what not to do when creating a new order.
But that is getting away from the choosing of an individual. The non-American individual who probably most influenced (and continues to influence) what it means to be an American, though, was also French - Alexis de Tocqueville.
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