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Joe Biden: “What is the gaffe when I said there was a young man I tried to pin a medal on him, he said, 'I don't want it sir. He…”

On the recordAugust 28, 2019
What is the gaffe when I said there was a young man I tried to pin a medal on him, he said, 'I don't want it sir. He died. He died. He died.' Now, it was a young man, my recollection was that in fact pulled a colleague of his out of a burning Humvee, and he risked his life doing it, and the young man died, that he tried to save.
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Joe Biden
Democratic · Delaware

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Joe Biden responds to criticism regarding an inaccurate recounting of a story about a military veteran.

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