Carson Camp: He Never Said He Applied To West Point

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WILLIAMS: "And if you read the entire Politico story, there are contradictions in the story, and if you read below, Barry makes it clear that Dr. Carson was at an event, and he can't recall where the event was, but one of the high points is that General Westmoreland or somebody associated with him were there and they were honoring someone, and afterwards there was a meeting where where they discussed the fact that he had very good grades as an ROTC person, and he should apply for west point. because all of us knows that if you are accepted to West Point, it is an automatic scholarship, and because he was flattered and never followed through or applied, because he knew that medicine was his calling."
BLITZER: "In the book, and this is book "gifted hands" he writes about the meeting that he had with general Westmoreland who was the top general in the vietnam war. it is a meeting that he had with his own sergeant hunt who was his high school ROTC director, and he said that I had dinner with General Westmoreland and I was offered an appointment to west point. All of the cadets there at west point get a full scholarship and they don't pay tuition clearly, but he does not say in the book who offered him that scholarship to West Point."
WILLIAMS: "You know, Wolf, he has been telling the story for a long time, and it has been in his books. This is so long ago, all he knows is that he was encouraged to apply for the scholarship to apply for admission to West Point. He never applied. It was a big moment for him in terms of boosting his con confidence. you know, as a kid, he remembered that as one of the pivotal moments in his life."
BLITZER: "And it is certainly, and in fairness to Dr. Carson, he was one of the top the ROTC cadets in the Detroit area. He was a student at southwestern student high school, and he was active in the ROTC, and became the top cadet in that program in Detroit, and that is why he was invited to the congressional medal of honor dinner in Detroit when general William Westmoreland came to Detroit."