The Pentagon is offering few details about the deployment of military hardware and the extent of its participation, referring queries to the White House. William Nash, a veteran of Vietnam, the Gulf War and peacekeeping operations in the Balkans. “The president is using the armed forces in a political ploy for his reelection campaign and I think it’s absolutely obscene,” added retired Army Maj. troops in Afghanistan under President George W. “This looks like it’s becoming much more of a Republican Party event - a political event about the president - than a national celebration of the Fourth of July, and it’s unfortunate to have the military smack dab in the middle of that,” said retired Army Lt. The annual public festivities and fireworks display on the National Mall scheduled for Thursday are being overtaken by Trump’s “Salute to America” event, which is shaping up to feature a prominent role for the military.
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