Video shows Blumenthal correctly stating service

In the same 2008 speech in which he misstated his military service, Connecticut Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal also correctly said that he "served in the military, during the Vietnam era."

Blumenthal has come under fire for a March 2008 speech at a ceremony in Norwalk.

A video clip from the speech posted by The New York Times shows Blumenthal saying he "served in Vietnam." But a longer version of the video posted by a Republican opponent also shows Blumenthal saying at the beginning of his speech that he "served in the military, during the Vietnam era."

The Democratic attorney general acknowledged on Tuesday that he …