Schwarzenegger Prepares to Bend Washington Ears

By Warren Rojas

Posted October 1, 2012 at 6:10pm

Traditionally politicians, get elected to office and then decide to flout the law for their own benefit.

Not Arnold Schwarzenegger.

According to the mini-documentary “Arnold’s Blueprint,” the iconic Austrian jump-started his bodybuilding career — which ultimately led to mega-movie stardom and a run as governor of California — by going AWOL from the Austrian army.

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