Pat Ryan: “I served two deployments in the army in Iraq.”

“This last week for me has been very emotional on a personal level and a political level, too. I served two deployments in the army in Iraq. I still wear this bracelet that has the names of all my fellow soldiers and West Wing classmates that signed up and took an oath to serve the country in …” (30:12–30:16)

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