Report: VA Secretary Lied About Serving in Special Forces

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The Veterans Affairs secretary lied about serving in the special forces, a report in the Huffington Post alleges.

“Robert McDonald, the secretary of veterans affairs, wrongly claimed in a videotaped comment earlier this year that he served in special operations forces, the most elite units in the armed forces, when his military service of five years was spent almost entirely with the 82nd Airborne Division during the late 1970s,” the report reads.

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