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On the recordNovember 14, 2018
If he truly cared about the troops, he would go visit them in a combat zone. He would go to the cemetery whether it was raining or snowing to honor our heroic dead.
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Duckworth questions Trump's commitment to supporting the military by highlighting his absence in combat zones.

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