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Rieckhoff in WSJ: Veterans Differ With Trump Over Injuries From Iran Missile Attack

The Brief

→ Four things from today’s episode
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Live from the Canyon of Heroes. two million people, FDNY Ladder 10, and fans from Sydney for the Knicks parade

02

Why Paul calls Trump's Iran framework a 'losing deal'. and why Pence and Haley are saying it too

03

'Fair to your enemies'. the curious phrase that gave the whole deal away

04

Operation Midnight Hammer and the gap between 'we obliterate. Operation Midnight Hammer and the gap between 'we obliterated it' and what's actually still standing

President says U.S. injuries in attack in Iraq weren’t very serious; veterans say his comments were ignorant

Mr. Trump’s comments are “really counterproductive because we’ve worked for the last decade-and-a-half to highlight and educate people about the invisible injuries of war,” said Paul Rieckhoff, founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and host of the Angry Americans podcast. “He really displayed remarkable ignorance about what could be the signature injury of our generation.”