Energy executive pushed by Perry padded his military record

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Department records show an oil-and-gas industry executive that Energy Secretary Rick Perry recommended as an adviser to the Ukrainian government exaggerated his military credentials.
The veterans group Valor Guardians says Robert Joseph Bensh scrubbed the false information from online profiles after learning they were investigating his service record in 2014.
Bensh claimed he served in some of the U.S. military’s most elite combat units: Army Rangers, Specia