Joe Biden: “He won the Bronze Star, the Conspicuous Service Medal, a…”

“He said, 85% of everyone in Iraq is National Guard. And I'm mostly Delawareans. How can I be home? I'm 41 years old. Old. Yeah. How can I be home? And. And He won the Bronze Star, the Conspicuous Service Medal, a major in the United States Military. We're going home one night. It's toward the end. We knew there's no chance of him living. He's getting toward the very end, and he could still walk. He was home.” (10:12–10:22)

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