OSSINING, NY – After GOP Congressman Scott Perry claimed that Democratic veteran candidates serve only for credentials and “hate the military,” NY-17 congressional candidate Cait Conley fired back in the New York Times.
Cait, a West Point graduate and 16-year Army combat veteran with six overseas deployments, slammed Perry’s comment as “un-American.” As one of the first women officers on the tactical side of a Special Operations unit, Cait led high-stakes missions in North Africa, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen, hunting down some of the world’s deadliest terrorists to keep this country safe.
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Key Excerpts:
- And Cait Conley, who served six tours in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and is challenging Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican, in a competitive district in upstate New York, said she was appalled by Mr. Perry’s words. “We are the military, too,” said Ms. Conley, who was motivated by the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when she was a junior in high school, to apply to West Point. “I did that out of a love for this country.”
- She [Cait Conley] added: “Those types of accusations are un-American. The military is an apolitical institution, and that’s what is so important for this country.”
About Cait Conley:
Cait Conley is a fourth-generation Hudson Valley native and the daughter of a postal worker and a construction worker. She is a decorated combat veteran and national security expert who has spent her life answering the call to serve. That call began on 9/11, when, as a junior in high school, she watched the Twin Towers fall. The next day, she started the process for applying to West Point — earning acceptance and becoming the first in her family to graduate college and then going on later to attend graduate programs at Harvard and MIT. Cait served 16 years as an active duty Army officer, deploying six times to take down the world’s most dangerous terrorists, and later led counterterrorism efforts on the National Security Council and at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Throughout her career, Cait has been called upon to solve the toughest problems and fix things that are broken. That’s why Cait is running for Congress — to fix a broken system and fight for a better future for New Yorkers.
Learn more about Cait online at CaitConley.com.
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