After getting his undergraduate degree , he was drafted and served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 , serving as an MP ( Military Police ) , and was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service ; he once recalled that he arrested actress Jane Fonda for coming onto post at Arlington National Cemetery , where she was planning to attend an anti-war protest .
He served in the United States Army from 1969 to 1971 and earned the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service .