Walz military service record under scrutiny as 2024 race heats up

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Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) spent more than two decades in the Army National Guard, but his departure has become a line of criticism in the 2024 presidential campaign.

Walz, who was announced as the vice presidential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, served from April 8, 1981, to May 16, 2005, in the Minnesota National Guard and then the Nebraska National Guard, according to a Minnesota National Guard spokesperson. 

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