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TheProle

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5. From NPR's Fact Check:

Reply to Disaffected (Original post)

Thu Sep 12, 2024, 02:17 PM

Sep 2024

Military policy

HARRIS: “There is not one member of the military who is in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world for the first time this century.”

This is a common administration talking point, and it's technically true. But thousands of troops in Iraq and on the Syrian border are still in very dangerous terrain. U.S. troops died in Jordan in January on a base that keeps watch over the war with ISIS in Syria.

— NPR veterans correspondent Quil Lawrence

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/11/g-s1-21932/fact-check-trump-harris-presidential-debate-2024

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Please clarify something for me. [View all] Disaffected Sep 2024 OP

ABC produced this transcript. I have to go to work, but maybe you can check it... hlthe2b Sep 2024 #1

I thought she said that none of our military is currently deployed in a combat zone. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #2

Correct. H2O Man Sep 2024 #3

My husband and I argued about this last night, and it appears it's technically incorrect. LauraInLA Sep 2024 #4

From NPR's Fact Check: TheProle Sep 2024 #5

Thank you all for the replies. Disaffected Sep 2024 #6

Jordan is not a combat zone. Iraq is officially a combat zone, while Syria is not. Voltaire2 Sep 2024 #9

She said active military operations, not peace keeping operations Bev54 Sep 2024 #7

I understood none deployed in combat, and..... lastlib Sep 2024 #8