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Do Walz’s embellishments of his military career amount to stolen valor? Republicans are trying to get to the bottom of this issue.

From The Hill. The GOP continues to hammer Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz over his military record, with the Harris campaign quickly pivoting to quell fresh questions on his deployment during the Afghanistan War.

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Walz’s 24 years in the Army National Guard have come under intense scrutiny by Republicans since he was tapped as Vice President Harris’s running mate, particularly on the question of whether he misrepresented his service.

In the latest attack, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) — chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee — sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin asking if Walz’s embellishments amounted to “stolen valor.”

The letter comes after a flurry of GOP lawmakers led by vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) piled onto Waltz for leaving the guard ahead of his unit’s deployment to Iraq.  …

In the Thursday letter to Austin, first reported by Axios, Banks writes of his concerns about how Walz represented his time in the guard.

“The American people deserve transparency into the military records of service-members who serve in public office and especially when they represent such service as credentials for public office,” he wrote. …

Harris’s presidential campaign quickly attempted damage control, issuing a statement Friday that asserts Walz “misspoke” in the video released by the campaign this past week, according to a campaign spokesperson. …

The campaign also updated its online biography of Walz’s military service, noting on its website that he once served at the command sergeant major rank. The change, first reported by Politico, is a small tweak from its earlier reference to the vice presidential nominee as a “retired command sergeant major.”  …

Walz did serve as a command sergeant major while in the military, but he retired one step down as a master sergeant, as he had not completed required coursework for the higher rank. …

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(Excerpt from The Hill. Photo Credit: Office of Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan – https://www.flickr.com/photos/mngov/53789350494/, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=150836489)