President Biden on Friday made another false claim about the number of times he's visited Iraq and Afghanistan at a town hall with veterans in Delaware.
was speaking at a town hall event with veterans Friday when he repeated a false claim about the number of times he's visited Iraq and Afghanistan.
"I've been in and out, not as, obviously, a combatant, but in and out of Afghanistan, Iraq, and those areas 38, 39 times as vice president, only twice as president," Biden told his audience as he related discussions that occurredThe president exaggerated the number of times he's visited the Middle East, which he has done before. In his first State of the Union address, Biden falsely claimed he had traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan"over 40 times.
While Biden has traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq many times, including to visit his late son, Beau, who served in Iraq, he has a habit of exaggerating his visits when speaking in public. In 2019, he made up a story about a four-star general asking the then-vice president to travel to Knar, Afghanistan, to award a medal to a Navy captain. The Washington Post, and the Biden campaign admitted the correct number was 21 trips, some of which happened while Biden was serving as a U.S.
President Biden speaks with Ray Firmani, a 101-year-old World War II veteran, during a town hall with veterans and veteran survivors in New Castle, Delaware, on Friday.
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