By Daily Mail Reporter and Ap A new report claims that Democratic U.S. Senator John Walsh plagiarized a good portion of his masters thesis at the U.S. Army War College. Walsh, who was appointed to the seat in February after former Senator Max Baucus resigned the position after he was appointed U.S. Ambassador to China, reportedly took about two-thirds of his 2007 thesis from other works, without giving an attribution. In some instances, he took entire paragraphs verbatim from other works, the report claims. Plagiarism: Senator John Walsh lifted direct quotes from other published works for his masters thesis, according to a published report
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A New York Times shows examples where Walsh's thesis includes unattributed direct quotes
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Walsh says it wasn't intentional, and that his PTSD after a tour in Iraq might have been a factor in how it happened
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Walsh was appointed to the Senate seat in February
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Prior to becoming a member of the Senate, Walsh was Montana's Lt. Governor
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Walsh's military record was first questioned in January when records revealed the @placeholder reprimanded him in 2010 for pressuring guardsmen to join a private association for which he was seeking a leadership role.