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International Business Times
International Business Times

US Army Claps Back At Trump Over Arlington Cemetery Incident

Donald Trump participates in a wreath-laying ceremony on Monday at Arlington National Cemetery to mark the third anniversary of the killing of 13 American service members in the Afghanistan withdrawal. (Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The U.S. Army on Thursday scolded Donald Trump for holding a political event at Arlington National Cemetery earlier this week and vouched for the "professionalism" of the employee who was "unfairly attacked" by members of the former president's campaign team.

The woman, who has asked to remain unidentified for fear of retaliation by Trump supporters, was pushed by the Republican presidential nominee's staffers on Monday when she tried to prevent them from taking video and photographs in an area of cemetery known as Section 60, where U.S. military members who died in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are buried.

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