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Joe Biden: “My son was in Iraq. He spent a year there. He got the Bronze Star. He got the Conspicuous Service Medal. He was not a…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2020
My son was in Iraq. He spent a year there. He got the Bronze Star. He got the Conspicuous Service Medal. He was not a loser. He was a patriot and the people left behind there were heroes.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Biden defends his son Beau's military service against Trump's derogatory comments about military personnel.

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