Speaking in Michigan, Donald Trump's Republican running mate said: "You know what really bothers me about Tim Walz? When the United States Marine Corps... asked me to go to Iraq to serve my country, I did it.
I did what they asked me to do and I did it honourably, and I'm very proud of that service. When Tim Walz was asked by his country to go to Iraq, you know what he did? He dropped out of the army and allowed his unit to go without him." Now a senator, Vance, 40, deployed to Iraq in 2005 as a military journalist.
Despite his title - combat correspondent - he did not experience combat.
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Players must cope with extra scrutiny, says Lewis
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