Editing Dan Quayle (section)

=== Indiana National Guard controversy ===
Since the [[1988 United States elections]], Quayle has been the subject of controversy regarding his service in the Indiana National Guard from 1969 to 1975. Many of Quayle's political opponents, media outlets, and [[Vietnam veteran]]s have speculated that Quayle joined the Indiana National Guard as a means to [[Draft evasion in the Vietnam War|avoid the draft]] or to avoid being deployed to [[South Vietnam|Vietnam]]. In August 1988, Quayle denied the accusations.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1988-08-20 |title=Quayle Denies Joining Guard to Avoid Vietnam : Hasn't Offered to Quit Ticket, He Says as Angry Hometown Crowd Boos Reporters Quizzing Him |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-20-mn-574-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Quayle's draft controversy received renewed attention during the [[1992 United States elections]] after Democratic nominee [[Bill Clinton]] was accused of similar [[Draft evasion|draft dodging]] measures.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam">{{Cite web |title=Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1992/09/21/quayle-defends-avoiding-vietnam/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 1992, Quayle acknowledged that joining the Indiana National Guard cut his risks of being deployed to Vietnam, although he defended his decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1992-09-21 |title=Quayle Admits Joining Guard Cut Risks : Draft: Vice president defends his actions during Vietnam in light of questions Bush camp has raised about Clinton's avoidance of military service. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015123/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-21-mn-847-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a 1992 interview with [[NBC]]'s [[Meet the Press]], Quayle was pressed on whether his main motivation was to avoid being sent to fight in Vietnam. Quayle stated that he had preferences for joining the [[Reserve forces|reserves]], and that he never asked for preferential treatment.<ref name="Quayle defends avoiding Vietnam"/> Quayle also noted that had his [[Unit (military)|unit]] been called, he would have deployed, stating:<blockquote>Of course you had much less chance to go to Vietnam, but my unit could have been called up to go to Vietnam. And had it been called up, I would have gone.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Quayle dismisses questions about his military record - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/09/20/Quayle-dismisses-questions-about-his-military-record/8797716961600/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>In a resurfaced 1989 interview with David Hoffman, filmmaker and Vietnam veteran [[Oliver Stone]] commented on Quayle and made contrasts between him and then-[[Nebraska]] governor [[Bob Kerrey]], noting:<blockquote>I'm hopeful of people like Bob Kerrey, for example, [the] governor of Nebraska, would be a presidential candidate. He's about forty-two and lost a leg in Vietnam. [He's a] very bright man, compassionate, he's been there. I think he'd make a fine president. Against him would be a guy like Dan Quayle, who is also about the same age, early forties—a heartbeat away from the presidency—a man who has never really suffered pain—a man who went to the National Guard to avoid Vietnam, and yet he's one who always calls for [[Interventionism (politics)|military intervention]] in [[Central America]], with other people's bodies. You have that [[hypocrisy]] at work.<ref>{{Citation |title=Young Film Director Oliver Stone On Vietnam -- My Complete Interview | date=January 12, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240325015120/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQTrTtqW-uk |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>