A man who served under Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in the Army National Guard is backing the vice presidential nominee’s service record, asserting Walz made the decision to retire before his unit got deployment orders.

Al Bonnifield, who served 22 years in the Minnesota National Guard, told NewsNation's Joe Khalil that Walz, like many of the men in their unit, suspected they might be deployed soon but were given no such official order when he decided to retire.

“He told us that he wanted to run for Congress, and he was in a tough spot, because he was pretty sure we were going to Iraq,” Bonnifield said. “We didn't have........

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