Sen. Bernie Sanders applied for conscientious objector status during Vietnam War

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, applied for conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War. “As a college student in the 1960’s, he was a pacifist:  He isn’t now,” Michael Briggs, a Sanders spokesman, said in an e-mail to ABC News. Bernie Sanders speaks during an Aug. 8 rally at Hec Ed Pavilion that drew an estimated 15,000 people to the University of Washington. The rally filled the arena and left thousands outside.