‘Tim Walz Reenlisted After 9/11’ Is The Latest Lie About His Military Record
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Althea
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Bush doesn't discuss his service, because he never served.
volsrock1
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In March 2005, Walz’s was notified about a possible deployment to Iraq
he quit in May 2005...2 months after the notice
He was notified and quit!
volsrock1
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After graduating from Yale University in 1968, George W. Bush joined the Texas Air National Guard's 147th Fighter Group at Ellington Field, completed Air Force flight training, and served as an F-102 fighter pilot before leaving the Guard in 1973
5 years
Port Tack
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Vance has an approval rating of 33% and an unapproval rating of 43%. Walz has an approval rating of 38% and an unapproval rating of 33% so while vance is underwater by 10% Walz is up by 5%. Seems people think Vance is a real fucking asshole.Reenlisting after 9/11
My initial reaction to the narrative that Walz reenlisted after 9/11 out of a sense of patriotism was confusion, as his date of enlistment was April 1981 and one would expect, absent unusual circumstances involving extensions or breaks in service, his 20-year retirement date would have been April 2001 and any reenlistment or extension would’ve had to have been executed in April, months prior to Sept. 11, 2001.
So I looked into it. On Nov. 2, 2009, Walz sat down with a historian from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project to memorialize his service as a military veteran. During the course of Walz’s description of his service to his country, he related the following regarding his decision to reenlist after the 9/11 attacks:
That was a lie.
But there’s more. Three years earlier, in response to a letter to the editor of the Winona Daily News written by Tom Hagen, an Iraqi war combat veteran and former colleague of Walz in the 1st Battalion, 125th Field Artillery of the Minnesota Army National Guard, in which Hagen questioned Walz’s decision to retire within two months of receiving a warning order for his battalion to deploy to Iraq, Walz wrote the following:
That, too, was a lie. Both of those quotes have been exclusively linked in news media stories as citations to support reporting that Walz “reenlisted after 9/11 when he could have retired, having reached 20 years of service in 2001.” If you Google “Tim Walz reenlisted after 9/11,” you’ll find pages upon pages of publications parroting the story Walz has told since his retirement in 2005. It’s not true.
'Tim Walz Reenlisted After 9/11' Is The Latest Lie About His Record
Just like claims that he served in war, or retired as a command sergeant major, the story Walz tells about reenlisting is not true.thefederalist.com
volsrock1
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49% of registered voters have a negative view of Vice President Kamala Harris, compared to 32% with a positive view, per a new NBC News poll.
Why it matters: NBC News says Harris' net-negative rating of -17 is the lowest for a vice president in the history of its poll.
lowest for a vice president in history
christiefan915
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But he put in the paperwork to retire earlier than March, somewhere in January or February 2005.
Edit: Actually it was late 2004.
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Walz' unit didn't deploy to Iraq in 2005. Why are you lying? They actually deployed to Iraq in 2006.
christiefan915
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<scoff> That poll shows a moment in time 14 months ago. What are the ratings today?
volsrock1
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they were notified of deployment in 2005
volsrock1
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fact is she holds the lowest for a vice president in history
christiefan915
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Yes, formal notification was July 2005, two months after Walz's formal retirement.
christiefan915
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You forgot something. It's the history of the NBC poll, not American history.
"NBC News says Harris' net-negative rating of -17 is the lowest for a vice president in the history of its poll."
volsrock1
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In March 2005, Walz’s battalion had been notified about a possible deployment to Iraq...two months later he quit
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christiefan915
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Like I said in another post, he submitted the paper to retire at the end of 2004.
Here is a photocopy of his FEC filing for candidacy dated 2/10/2005. Note that he filled out that form on 01/25/2005. https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/112/25038731112/25038731112.pdf
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"KARE 11 asked the Minnesota National Guard for [Walz's] records.
In an email they confirmed Walz retired in May 2005 – two months before his unit, the 1-125 field artillery battalion received an alert order on July 14, 2005. The unit’s mobilization order came on August 14, 2005."
The unit was deployed in February 2006.
And
"Col. Ryan Cochran, the Minnesota National Guard’s Director of Manpower and Personnel, confirmed that Walz received his notification of eligibility for retirement on Aug. 3, 2002."
Tim Walz’s military service record: What we can VERIFY
VERIFY answers questions about Tim Walz’s military service, including if he retired before his National Guard unit deployed to Iraq and whether he saw combat.
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You said this:
Are you admitting you lied? Or are you going to weasel about how a notification of deployment some time in the next 2 years is the same thing as going to Iraq?
The truth is that Walz did NOT retire two month before his unit went for a deployment to Iraq since his unit didn't deploy to Iraq until 2006.
Althea
Althea told me...........
So you lied. And this post is a lie. Walz registered to run for office in January of that year. When did his unit deploy?
Be better.
Althea
Althea told me...........
Incorrect. He never completed training, which is exactly what his instructor said. He was chronically absent from training. Most of the time he was working on Blount's campaign