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KNX: Military veterans react to growing controversy around Donald Trump’s visit–and videoing–to Arlington National Cemetery

Paul Rieckhoff

August 28, 2024

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Show Notes

Monday’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery by former president Donald Trump was already causing some grumbling … over concerns that the hallowed grounds of a military cemetery were being used for political purposes.

But then came reports that Trump staffers got into a verbal and physical altercation with an official at Arlington … who was attempting to stop those Trump staffers from taking pictures in a restricted area of the cemetery.

Now it’s a full blown controversy.

Paul Rieckhoff is a former Army infantry officer and combat veteran of Iraq … 20 years ago he founded the Iraq-Afghanistan Veterans of America … and went on to found the Independent Veterans of America.

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