California Rep. Duncan Hunter has acknowledged taking a photo with a dead combatant during his time as a Marine as he defended a Navy SEAL charged with multiple war crimes, including killing a teenage fighter.
Rep. Duncan Hunter speaks to the media in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on May 8.
Hunter , who was reelected last November as he faces corruption charges, made the comments during a town hall Saturday in his San Diego-area district, theHunter has advocated for a pardon for Edward Gallagher, who's charged with stabbing to death a teenage Islamic State fighter under his care in Iraq in 2017 and then holding his reenlistment ceremony with the body.
Hunter said he also posed for a photo next to a dead combatant but said he did not text it or post it to social media. The congressman said"a lot of us have done the exact same thing," referring to fellow service members in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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