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"&lt;img alt=\"Randy Orton\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/04/03/0403-randy-orton-getty-wwe-ex-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WWE&lt;/strong&gt; honcho&lt;strong&gt; Vince McMahon&lt;/strong&gt; is a HERO for booting &lt;strong&gt;Randy Orton&lt;/strong&gt; out of the upcoming \"Marine\" movie ... this according to the guys who served in the military unit abandoned by WWE superstar back in 1999. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ spoke with Cpl. Mike Vinn ... who tells us, \"On behalf of all the Marines from Aco 1/4 98-02, that were outraged to hear about Randy Orton portraying a Marine in the next movie \"Marine: Homefront\", I'd like to thank the WWE for pulling Orton from the role when they heard about his disloyal service to the United States Marine Corps.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vinn adds, \"It shows respect for not only the unit I had served in, but for every person that has ever defended this nation.&amp;#160; Thank you WWE.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TMZ broke the story ... WWE officials &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/04/02/wwe-randy-orton-marine/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;made the decision to pull&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Orton from the flick when they discovered the wrestler had received a bad conduct discharge from the Marines in 1999 after going AWOL on 2 separate occasions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://www.tmz.com/photos/2010/12/08/3229-wrasslin-rules\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1208_wrasslin_footer\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/07/28/0728-wrasslin-rules-footer-v2.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;!-- relatedlinks --&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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