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Trump Continues To Politicize Veterans, Says Founder Of Veterans Organization

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President Trump arrives to speak at the 119th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention on July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
President Trump arrives to speak at the 119th Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention on July 24, 2018, in Kansas City, Mo. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

President Trump welcomed a Republican U.S. Senate candidate to the stage when he spoke to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday. Many veterans say that crossed a line because it wasn't supposed to be a political event.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson speaks with Paul Rieckhoff (@PaulRieckhoff), an Iraq War veteran and founder and CEO of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

This segment aired on July 26, 2018.

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