Hillary Clinton is bringing an armed forces entourage to NBC’s military forum

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Hillary Clinton is bringing an armed forces entourage to NBC’s military forum


By Callum Borchers


September 7 at 4:58 PM





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Hillary Clinton, pictured as secretary of state in 2011, is bringing 11 guests with military ties to NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum." (Kevin Lamarque/AFP/Getty Images)



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The Trump campaign on Tuesday released the names of 88 retired generals and admirals who have endorsed the Republican presidential candidate, to which the Clinton camp responded Wednesday by announcing its own roster of 95 such backers.

So you might think that ahead of NBC's "Commander-in-Chief Forum" Wednesday night, when each campaign will be permitted to stock the crowd with a small cheering section, the political rivals would vie for the more impressive armed forces entourage — and eagerly boast about who is in it.

Not quite. Asked to supply a guest list, Clinton's team quickly shared the names of 11 people, all with military ties, representing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps, and ranging from an ROTC student to a retired general. The Trump campaign, which at this writing has not publicly released their own list, did not respond to a request Wednesday afternoon for the names of his guests.

This is Clinton's list:

Anu Bhagwati, Marine Corps veteran and founder of the Service Women's Action Network..........................

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