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i was hoping i could talk to leo shane. host: what questions do you have? caller: i hope he's watching. military times. what type of subjects do they put in their various military newspapers? i did talk to him last year during november. my mom died last year from coronavirus. the other question i would as is -- has terminated the iraq campaign medal. i got the first serving in iraq 15 years ago. there are other medals they terminated. they ended the vietnam service medal. we have a lot of vietnam vets. that is one of the subjects i would have liked to talked with leo shane about. i think they moved to arlington, virginia from springfield. hopefully i can talk to him and see of these issues can be put in their newspaper. host: thanks. ed, jacksonville, florida. thank you for calling in. when did you serve? caller: vietnam for two and half years. i served in afghanistan and served in iraq. i got all my t-shirts. host: how many years did you serve in the military? caller: a total of 40. once i got out of vietnam i went into the national guard full-time. most m

host: that was leo shane from military times. can find our interview with him on c-span.org or follow his reporting at military times.com. we are talking with veterans and families this morning, as well as the rest of you about veterans issues on this veterans day 2022. there are the lines on your screen. otis has been waiting in detroit, michigan. when did you serve? caller: from 1974 to 1977 and that i was in the reserves for about seven years -- i decided 11 years was enough for me. i am a vietnam era veteran and i was joined just as the volunteer service started. i went to college -- i joined. my experience, just last week we had in san antonio a reunion of the ship i was on, the first time i went to the reunion, about two black sailor showed up out of 80 and a lot of them -- i heard a young lady speak about the mental health and the behavioral science at the v.a. i want to echo what she said about the v.a. health facility. when i started using that after i took an early retirement from wayne state university, going into busi

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for the conversation with veterans and their families this morning we want to start with leo shane fromtary times to talk about military veterans and the midterm election results. how many veterans were running the cycle?

host: leo shane, deputy editor of the military times, thank you for joining us.e are asking ys morning, does a ctes military service matter to your vote? t going to impact your vote for the midterm elections i three days? we will start with william from jacksonville, florida on the independent line. good morning, william. caller: good morning. good morning, america. you do a great job on the weekends. that said, my opinion on military folks getting into politics, i think it is very important from the standpoint that they have experienced the horrors of war. i have no problem with people in the military signing up and doing their job and learning what is wrong with these policies which have gotten us into wars. i've been listening to tulsa gabbert -- tulsi gabbord. she makes a lot of sense. i would have no problem voting for her. my problem is the treasure and blood, it has to stop in my opinion. i'm in favor of folks who are x military -- ex-military running for congress for certain. host: paul on the republican line. caller: thank you for letting me voice my opi

host: leo shane, deputy editor of the military times, thank you for joining us.e are asking you this morning, does a candidates military service matter to your vote? is it going to impact your vot for the midterm elections in ree days? we will start with william from jacksonville, florida on the independent line. good morning, william. caller: good morning. good morning, america. you do a great job on the weekends. that said, my opinion on military folks getting into politics, i think it is very important from the standpoint that they have experienced the horrors of war. i have no problem with people in the military signing up and doing their job and learning what is wrong with these policies which have gotten us into wars. i've been listening to tulsa gabbert -- tulsi gabbord. she makes a lot of sense. i would have no problem voting for her. my problem is the treasure and blood, it has to stop in my opinion. i'm in favor of folks who are x military -- ex-military running for congress for certain. host: paul on the republican line. caller: thank you for letting m

for the conversation with veterans and their families this morning we want to start with leo shane from the military times to talk about military veterans and the midterm election results. how many veterans were running the cycle? guest: almost 200 veterans, the largest field we have seen since 2012. it shows some of these younger veterans are starting to come into politics, work their way up through state races and local races and put an impact on the national scene. guest: what issues were they running on? guest: it's funny. this is a big part of their campaigns and identity but veterans don't usually run on that many veterans issues or military issues. it's another line in the resume. quite a few campaigns talked about v.a. care and access. the pact act, the toxic exposure legislation was a key point in a lot of materials. for the most part they are running on the economy and public safety, the same issues we are seeing other candidates run on. it's a matter of getting to tell people i also served. that's an experience line that shows unqualified to be in office. host: how many one t