Lanon Baccam: “I enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard at 17 years old.”

“What does it mean to you to secure this primary election? It just shows me that Iowans are ready. They're ready for someone with my type of background. The fact that I enlisted in the Iowa Army National Guard at 17 years old. I served in the military for eight years, including a deployment to Afghanistan. And I served this country again when I came home, when I worked for the U.S. department …” (00:18–00:22)

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