BILLINGS GAZETTE: Sen. John Walsh said Thursday he is pulling out of the Senate race because his campaign was distracted by the controversy over allegations that he plagiarized a U.S. Army War College research paper…
The New York Times reported July 23 that Walsh had plagiarized large portions of the research paper in 2007.
The plagiarism charge has dominated Montana news since then. Editorials in the state’s largest daily newspapers had called on Walsh to drop out of the race because of the plagiarism… (more)