"Questioned about that account some thirty years later (by which time Nugent was known as a staunch political conservative, a supporter of the Republican Party, and an advocate of hunting and gun ownership rights) in an interview with the UK’s
Independent newspaper, Nugent disclaimed that previous account of his draft-evading activities as story he had made up and fed to a gullible
High Times reporter and asserted that he actually had avoided the draft through the legitimate means of a student deferment:"
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