Wisconsin's Barnes defends saying he 'finished' college
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Source: AP
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes on Thursday defended his portrayal of his college record, blaming a campaign staffer for a questionnaire that falsely said he had graduated from Alabama A&M and denying that he himself had ever made the claim.
The issue erupted after the Isthmus newspaper published an interview in which Barnes volunteered that he did not graduate A&M because he hadn’t finished a course. He told the newspaper he had finished the coursework but never turned it in, and called it “a small technical thing.”
The questionnaire that Barnes’ campaign returned to the Wisconsin State Journal last year said Barnes had a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Alabama A&M University.
Barnes, a Democrat, also told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel twice during a November interview that he had “finished” college in 2008, leading the newspaper to write that he had graduated. The story was one of many media reports to describe Barnes as an A&M graduate.
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It was around 1998. I was in Boston on business and had a few hours spare time, so I spent a couple of hours walking around the campus.
I list my degree as PhD (ABC&D) (all but courses and dissertation).
