Tim Walz a ‘traitor’ for retiring from military before Iraq, says Guardsman who replaced him | Reporter Replay

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz chose to leave the military on the eve of his deployment to Iraq, Thomas Behrends went in his place. “I needed to hit the ground running and take care of the troops — and tell them we were going to war,” Behrends said of the 500 soldiers under his command....