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Washington, United States:
A gaggle of 10 retired prime US army officers endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris in a letter made public on Monday, saying she is the one presidential candidate match to function the nation’s commander in chief and calling her Republican rival Donald Trump “a hazard to our nationwide safety and democracy.”
The letter, signed by Retired Common Larry Ellis and Retired Rear Admiral Michael Smith, amongst others, cited Trump’s feedback disparaging members of the army and his personal “chaotic method” to Afghanistan forward of the US withdrawal, together with negotiating a cope with the Taliban that allowed 5,000 of the group’s fighters to return to the battlefield.
In distinction, they wrote, Kamala Harris “has demonstrated her potential to tackle essentially the most troublesome nationwide safety challenges within the Scenario Room and on the worldwide stage,” from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to tensions with China within the Indo-Pacific.
“Harris is the very best – and solely – presidential candidate on this race who’s match to function our commander in chief,” they wrote within the letter posted on X by Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign.
The Democratic vice chairman and Trump, who’s operating for the third time after serving from 2017 to early 2021, face a decent race earlier than the Nov. 5 election in an unprecedented contest through which the way forward for American democracy looms massive.
The letter coincided with a brand new Kamala Harris marketing campaign advert launched earlier than the 2 candidates’ Tuesday evening debate that includes former Trump officers warning {that a} second Trump presidency would pose main dangers.
“In 2016 Donald Trump stated he would select solely the very best folks to work in his White Home. Now, these folks have a warning for America. Trump shouldn’t be match to be president once more, fears his vice chairman,” the advert says. It featured movies from Trump’s former vice chairman, Mike Pence, former Protection Secretary Mike Esper, former nationwide safety adviser John Bolton, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Workers Common Mark Milley.
The letter additionally comes a day earlier than Home Speaker Mike Johnson hosts a congressional gold medal ceremony honoring the 13 service members killed within the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021. Trump and his fellow Republicans have tried accountable Kamala Harris for the Afghanistan pullout, with these in Congress issuing a report on Monday.
The retired army officers, of their letter, blamed Trump for “failing to take duty for his personal function in placing service members in hurt’s approach,” noting his deal to free Taliban fighters with out involving the Afghan authorities and for not leaving a withdrawal plan after he left workplace following his 2020 election loss.
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