Here’s what he said:

“We have learned something very important since the days when I served in Vietnam…”

Here’s what he said he said after being caught saying what he said:

“On a few occasions, I have misspoken about my service…”

It kind of reminds me of the scene in The Emperor’s New Groove when Yzma & Kronck are locked in the closet looking for the emperor that had been turned into a llama.

“Tell us where the talking llama is and we’ll burn your house to the ground.”

“Don’t you mean ‘or’?”

“Uggghh! Tell us where the talking llama is or we’ll burn your house to the ground.”

“Well which is it? That seems like a pretty crucial conjunction.”

So Mr. Blumenthal, which is it – in or during? That’s a pretty crucial preposition.