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Speaking at an event hosted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Walz did not respond in a specific way to the criticism, but suggested it was inappropriate.“I am damn proud of my service to this country,” Walz said. “And I firmly believe you should never denigrate another person’s service record.”
The remarks were Walz’s first since Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance, himself a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq, slammed Walz for supposedly abandoning his unit before it deployed to Iraq. “Anyone brave enough to put on that uniform for our great country, including my opponent, I just have a few simple words: Thank you for your service and sacrifice,” Walz said.
In a statement last week, the director of operations for the Minnesota National Guard said the “alert order” for the unit’s deployment didn’t come until July 2005, two months after Walz retired.
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