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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: Elderberry on August 13, 2019, 06:32:07 pm

Title: Gabbard will take 2-week break from 2020 campaign for National Guard duty
Post by: Elderberry on August 13, 2019, 06:32:07 pm

Politico  By QUINT FORGEY 08/12/2019

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate who serves in her state's National Guard, will step away from her White House campaign Monday to report for active duty, participating in a two-week joint training exercise in Indonesia.

“We’ll be doing a training exercise with the Indonesian military, focused on a few different things like counterterrorism, humanitarian aid and disaster response and joining my brothers and sisters from the Hawaii National Guard in doing so,” Gabbard told CBS News in an interview that aired Monday.

Gabbard, a three-term lawmaker, served two tours in the Middle East with the Hawaii Army National Guard — in Iraq from 2004-2005 and in Kuwait from 2008-2009.

More: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/12/tulsi-gabbard-campaign-break-active-duty-1458155 (https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/12/tulsi-gabbard-campaign-break-active-duty-1458155)

Title: Re: Gabbard will take 2-week break from 2020 campaign for National Guard duty
Post by: Wingnut on August 13, 2019, 07:09:48 pm

How about taking a permanent break Gabbster.