My parents just applied for a tourist visa to come visit me and they got it. Most of it is that they check the Ds160 form first, and base their interview on that. You just have to say exactly the same thing that you filled. No more, no less. And short answers, don't explain too much!
Also, if you have the money to apply more than once in a year I'll say go for it, but the truth is that if your situation hasn't changed in a year better to wait. I have a friend who applied for a tourist visa and was denied, but the consul told him that if he applied in a year all the data in their system gets renew which means that he goes clean again, and it may be true cuz he has a 5 years visa and he comes every now and then
I doubt it very much, on my last B2 interview the interviewing officer was using his computer to refer to notes from the first B2 I applied for in 2003.
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