Palin's Son's to Guard His Commanders

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Palin's Son's to Guard His Commanders
September 06, 2008
Associated Press

WASHINGTON - The long and divisive war in Iraq is about to resonate with presidential candidates in a way not seen so far in the campaign: The sons of both vice presidential nominees are assigned to go there soon.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's eldest son, Track, private first class in the Army, will perform security duties for his brigade's top officers.

Beau Biden, son of Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, a captain in the Delaware National Guard and will work as a military lawyer in Iraq.

This is not a first. Family members of candidates and presidents have served in the military during wartime. President Johnson's son-in-law, Charles S. Robb, for instance, served as a Marine officer in Vietnam. Dwight Eisenhower was the last sitting president to have a son in a combat zone. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower served during the Korean War. Theodore Roosevelt and his distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt each had four sons in the military during wartime.

And nearly a dozen young men and women - sons and daughters of members of Congress - have served in Iraq, although critics of U.S. military policy long have argued that too few of the people making the decisions have had family members serving in war zones at the time.


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