in 1961, Kristofferson joined the United States Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He attended U.S. Army Ranger School and completed helicopter pilot training at Fort Rucker, Alabama.[18]
... Kristofferson was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford in Oxford, England ...
Kristofferson graduated with a master's degree in English literature.
BUT !!
Let's not overlook the current condition of potentially monumental consequence.
Elected public officials seeking re-election are obliged to maintain viable candidacy.
Trump, a lame duck, has no such constraint.
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