Monday, July 01, 2019

Retired General Who Fought Taliban on Horseback Now Running for U.S. Senate

Retired Brig. General Don Bolduc officially announced Monday that he’s running as a Republican against Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. Republicans view the New Hampshire race as one of their best chances at flipping a Democratic Senate seat next year.

The general’s announcement video highlights his time as one of the legendary “horse soldiers” — U.S. special operations forces who invaded Afghanistan on horseback in a top-secret mission following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.


“We are facing a leadership crisis. Our politicians are working for themselves, and if we don’t make a change in New Hampshire, nothing’s going to change in Washington, D.C.,” Bolduc said (during an interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation). He said his goal is to bring “servant leadership, personal responsibility and a dedication to our core values” to the Senate.

"U.S. Army Brigadier General Donald C. Bolduc, former Commander, Special Operations Command Africa, hung up his fatigues (in 2017) after 32 years of active duty service to his country. He received 2 awards for Valor, 5 Bronze Star medals, 2 Purple Hearts, led ten deployments."

"Bolduc has been a vocal advocate for service members with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), citing his own past battles with the disease.

“I think that we are not addressing post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injuries, pain management, sleep disorders, and the neurotoxicity of some of the medications that we [Veterans] are required to take. So I think the first thing is that we need to change our programs so that they’re dealing with the root causes of the disease and I believe that will drive down seriously: homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, alcohol addiction, as well as bring down the suicide rate,” he told the DCNF."

God bless you and thank you. Bolduc sounds like a man with a life well-lived. I pray he's not a RINO. We've all seen way too many of those lately. I searched for his U.S. Senate campaign website, but found nothing, yet.