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 of Agriculture helping our farmers, our ranchers, our veterans, and especially to deploy rural economic development programs all across the third District. (00:21–00:25)
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