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Pete Buttigieg’s military bragging is wearing thin

By Eddie Scarry

Published June 28, 2019 11:40am ET

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Pete Buttigieg’s military bragging is wearing thin — Democratic presidential candidate South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, speaks as former vice president Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gesture, during the Democratic primary debate hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Art, Thursday, June 27, 2019, in Miami. | (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg talks about his brief stint in Afghanistan as if he’s the next John McCain.

Although everyone should be grateful for his six months abroad as a computer guy, it’s time he give up the act.

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