July 02, 1990: Chicken Hawk Of The Week TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990 July 02, 1990 Nelson Mandela:A Hero In America
Time Magazine GRAPEVINE, Page 13

By Paul Gray/Reported by David E. Thigpen

CHICKEN HAWK OF THE WEEK: NEWT GINGRICH

A leader of the fight for a flag amendment, he said on a TV show that "for most veterans, the flag is a very real issue." That left the Congressman, who had a student deferment during the Vietnam War, open to a riposte from World War II vet Daniel Moynihan, who began referring to "we veterans."