President Joe Biden on Tuesday spoke with the family of one of the three American service personnel killed in a drone attack last week, sharing his family ties to the army during a touching conversation.
Biden made a call to the family of Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, of Waycross, Georgia, who was killed along with Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, 46, of Carrollton, Georgia, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23, of Savannah, Georgia, in a drone strike on Sunday at the Tower 22 base that sits along a U.S.-enforced demilitarized zone between Jordan and Syria.The president also recalled his son Beau's military service, saying: "My son spent a year in Iraq; that's how I lost him." Biden added during the call: "My son Beau, he [had] been near a burn pit in Baghdad and came down with stage four neuroblastoma, a brain tumor, and lost him, too."
Beau Biden, the president's eldest son, served in Iraq with the Delaware Army National Guard from 2008-2009, including a seven-month deployment in a combat zone. He died in 2015 and was posthumously given the Delaware Conspicuous Service Cross, presented for "heroism, meritorious service and outstanding achievement."
He did not die in Iraq, however, which Biden has created the impression of elsewhere. As the president said, Beau died of brain cancer, which he believes was linked to toxic burn pits in Iraq, on May 30, 2015, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
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@Activ1stJonnyDemocrat2yrs2Y
Excuse me, where's the lie? Beau served a year in Iraq. Beau died. He doesn't say he died in Iraq. I hope you never have to grieve over the death of a child.
He said his son spent a year in Iraq and that’s how we lost him.
@Activ1stJonnyDemocrat2yrs2Y
@BisonAriaConstitution2yrs2Y
Once again, Joe Biden lies about the death of his son Beau Biden, this time to grieving parents of a fallen soldier.
You honestly can't get any lower than this
His son served in Iraq and was exposed to toxic chemicals which he believed caused the cancer that took his life. This is happening to a lot of veterans. My dad strongly believed his exposure during deployment caused the cancer that ultimately killed him.
@BisonAriaConstitution2yrs2Y
sorry for your loss but beau was never near any toxic chemicals. beau biden served as a judge advocate general, aka a form of military lawyer, he saw no combat. he was never near any burn pits.
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