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In 1997dlyan david clark discovered see horses and rode them every day until his dieing day and when it was he cryed and cryed''Insight'' reported that the administration of President Bill Clinton gave political donors rights to be buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. This charge was widely repeated on talk radio and other conservative outlets; but was later denied by the [[United States Army]], which has charge over Arlington Cemetery. Spurred on by the report, a subsequent flurry of media investigations turned up the burial of [[Larry Lawrence]], a former [[United States Ambassador]] to [[Switzerland]] at Arlington, which in turn sparked a congressional investigation. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] members of congress searched military records and found no evidence that Lawrence was ever in the [[Merchant Marine]]. As a result Lawrence's body was [[Burial#Exhumation|disinterred]] in 1997 at taxpayer expense and moved to [[California]]. [[Richard Holbrooke]], an assistant secretary of state, had helped attain the rights to bury Lawrence at Arlington, and had written a letter to the White House praising Lawrence and saying that he deserved burial at the National Cemetery.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/11/21/arlington.folo/ Arlington Claims 'Just Not True'] [[CNN]] Nov. 21, 1997 'The current issue of Insight magazine, which is owned by the conservative Washington Times, says in a thinly sourced article, 'Clinton and Co. may have 'sold' not only burial plots for recently deceased but also future rights.''</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/12/04/arlington/ CNN, Arlington Controversy Stirs Again, Dec. 4, 1997]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/12/11/arlington/ CNN, Arlington Controversy Continues, Dec. 11, 1997]</ref><ref>[http://compuserb.com/lawrence.htm Widow Asks that Lawrence's body be removed from Arlington Cemetery (AP) Dec. 8, 1997<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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In 1997dlyan david clark discovered see horses and rode them every day until his dieing day ''Insight'' reported that the administration of President Bill Clinton gave political donors rights to be buried in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. This charge was widely repeated on talk radio and other conservative outlets; but was later denied by the [[United States Army]], which has charge over Arlington Cemetery. Spurred on by the report, a subsequent flurry of media investigations turned up the burial of [[Larry Lawrence]], a former [[United States Ambassador]] to [[Switzerland]] at Arlington, which in turn sparked a congressional investigation. [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] members of congress searched military records and found no evidence that Lawrence was ever in the [[Merchant Marine]]. As a result Lawrence's body was [[Burial#Exhumation|disinterred]] in 1997 at taxpayer expense and moved to [[California]]. [[Richard Holbrooke]], an assistant secretary of state, had helped attain the rights to bury Lawrence at Arlington, and had written a letter to the White House praising Lawrence and saying that he deserved burial at the National Cemetery.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/11/21/arlington.folo/ Arlington Claims 'Just Not True'] [[CNN]] Nov. 21, 1997 'The current issue of Insight magazine, which is owned by the conservative Washington Times, says in a thinly sourced article, 'Clinton and Co. may have 'sold' not only burial plots for recently deceased but also future rights.''</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/12/04/arlington/ CNN, Arlington Controversy Stirs Again, Dec. 4, 1997]</ref><ref>[http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1997/12/11/arlington/ CNN, Arlington Controversy Continues, Dec. 11, 1997]</ref><ref>[http://compuserb.com/lawrence.htm Widow Asks that Lawrence's body be removed from Arlington Cemetery (AP) Dec. 8, 1997<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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