Keep doing the good work and then, you know, we'll see you when we get back in a year and a half. I knew very quickly there was no way that I could stay home and watch them go. So I withdrew from my reelection campaign, volunteered to deploy, filled a different job that they needed filling, and we were away from Hawaii for 18 months and we were in Iraq for about a year in 2005. It was an experience that completely changed my life. What was the lasting effect on you of being in that combat zone? (04:07–04:22)
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Asserts that Tulsi Gabbard withdrew from her reelection campaign to volunteer for deployment to Iraq for about a year in 2005.
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