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Chris McGreal

Trump denies exploiting visit to US soldiers’ graves: ‘I don’t need publicity’

Trump speaks at the rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Friday.
Trump speaks at the rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Friday. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

Donald Trump has denied exploiting a controversial visit to soldiers’ graves at Arlington national cemetery for political ends by saying he does not need the publicity.

The US army publicly rebuked Trump campaign officials for turning a ceremony on Monday to mark the deaths of American soldiers in Afghanistan into a photo opportunity for the Republican presidential candidate. The army accused two campaign workers of pushing aside an official at the cemetery who told them that it was not permitted to take photographs at the graves of recently deceased soldiers.

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