C-SPAN also called Walz an 'Afghanistan War Hero.'
In 2007, the then-new Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a press conference with the incoming freshman representatives, including now-presumptive Democratic VP candidate Gov. Tim Walz .
“He will speak for himself, but I want him to know how much we all appreciate his service to our country, whether it’s in the classroom or on the battlefield,” Pelosi said of the rookie lawmaker, Tim Walz. Walz, now the Democratic nominee for vice president, took the podium at the Feb. 16, 2007, press conference, thanked Pelosi for her remarks, and then moved on to discuss the topic at hand. Walz didn’t mention that he had never seen a war zone in his 24 years of service in the National Guard.
“Well, thank you, Madam Speaker, and thank you to the leadership here,” the Minnesota congressman said to Pelosi, who years later would privately lobby Kamala Harris to select Walz as her vice presidential running mate. C-SPAN, which filmed the press conference, called Walz an “Afghanistan War Veteran,” according to video of the event unearthed by the Washington Free Beacon.Read Caro’s biography of LBJ. He pulled strings to get a commission and be a passenger on one bombing run in WW2.
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