Joe Biden is defending the 'central point' of a war story he told on the campaign trail last week as 'absolutely accurate' after a report exposed incorrect details.
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the"central point" of a war story he told on the campaign trail last week as"absolutely accurate" afterBiden appeared to have"jumbled elements of at least three actual events into one story of bravery, compassion and regret that never happened" during a campaign stop in Hanover, New Hampshire, last Friday.
The Washington Post report — based on interviews with more than a dozen troops, commanders, and Biden campaign officials — traced the details of Biden’s recounting to three different tales of bravery. While Biden had awarded a medal to a brave soldier, it wasn’t the medal he said it was, the soldier didn’t do what Biden recounted, and the incident didn't occur where Biden said it had.
"I don't understand what they're talking about, but the central point is it was absolutely accurate what I said," Biden said of the Post's report in"I was making the point how courageous these people are, how incredible they are, this generation of warriors, these fallen angels we’ve lost,” he later told the Post's Jonathan Capehart."I don’t know what the problem is.
The soldier who performed the ravine rescue was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama — Biden did not present him with a medal. Another story involved a soldier who braved Taliban fire to rescue a wounded soldier. He was given a Bronze Star by a general while Biden, a senator from Delaware at the time, looked on. The third story, according to the Post, involved a soldier who ran into a burning vehicle in an attempt to save a burning friend.
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