The Daily Background

Hillary Clinton, March 17th, 2008:

“I remember landing under sniper fire, there was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”

First: Photos from the tarmac welcome ceremony that Clinton repeatedly claimed was canceled entirely due to sniper fire (she had to run from plane to armored vehicle Clinton embellished on more than one occasion).







All smiles and no sign of danger:

Next: Photo op with wounded soldier:

The closest Clinton herself ever got to being hurt: eating a pre-packaged MRE during lunch (Meals-Ready-to-Eat, the normal military field ration, are notoriously bad-tasting):

Time for a little R&R after all that danger: Clinton sings with her daughter and Sheryl Crow at Bedrock Base:

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