Posted on 10/17/2016 5:22:28 AM PDT by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
The Trump-Pence campaign Thursday launched Iowa Veterans for Trump, a coalition comprised of over 160 former officers and enlisted service members from the Hawkeye State.
Three coalition members, veterans Harold Johnson, Bob Gleason and Evan "Curly" Hultman, spoke on behalf of Donald Trump's Republican presidential candidacy and his vision to keep America safe.
"We are proud today to join the more than 200 admirals, generals and Medal of Honor recipients who have now publicly endorsed Mr. Trump to serve as commander in chief," said Johnson, a retired colonel who is honorary chairman of Iowa Veterans for Trump. "Donald Trump is committed to rebuilding our military so that it remains the finest fighting force on the planet."
A major theme of the press conference was the restoration of former President Ronald Reagan's strategy of "peace through strength," which helped end the Cold War.
"We will secure peace through strength," said Hultman, a retired major general. "That is the way that we accomplished it under President Reagan, and we are going to do it again under President Trump."
Others also took issue with what they call Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration's failed foreign policy. Unlike the Clinton-Obama agenda, Gleason, a former sergeant who is a Korean War veteran, said, "Trump will not appease our enemies, and neither will I."
"Mr. Trump does not believe that you should forecast and tell the enemy, months in advance, what you're going to do and when you are going to do it," Gleason continued. "It's beyond ridiculous."
The announcement of this new coalition comes just days after a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll showed Trump and his vice presidential running mate, Mike Pence, up 43 percent to 39 percent versus Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, in Iowa.
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Col. Harold Johnson is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and currently serves as honorary chairman of Iowa Veterans for Trump. One of Iowa's most decorated veterans, he spent six years as a prisoner of war in the "Hanoi Hilton" after being shot down over Vietnam.
Sgt. Bob Gleason is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps who served in the Korean War.
Maj. Gen. Evan "Curly" Hultman is a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in World War II. He began his military career as a private and finished as a battalion commander. He is also a former attorney general of Iowa.
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