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...*How do veterans groups view the controversy?* “In the military and veterans community, Gold Star families are sacred,” said Paul Rieckhoff, the founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. “They’re a group of people who uniquely understand the price of freedom and the cost of war.” Mr. Rieckhoff said the respect afforded to those families cut across political lines. “Any attack on them will be faced with a swift and overwhelming response,” he said. “We owe it to our brothers and sisters who have died to defend their families.” The Veterans of Foreign Wars also strongly criticized Mr. Trump’s comments. “Election year or not, the V.F.W. will not tolerate anyone berating a Gold Star family member for exercising his or her right of speech or expression,” the group’s leader, Brian Duffy, said in a statement.... -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
