He was the Attorney General of the State of Delaware. Because so many Delawareans in the National Guard and The National Guard made up almost 85% of all the folks fighting in Iraq. he thought he should go, too. At age 41, he joined the National Guard Guard, and he deployed to Iraq. Spent a year there, unfortunately, very close to a burn pit. (24:18–24:23)
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Asserts that the National Guard constituted nearly 85% of U.S. forces in Iraq.
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