Buchanan again falsely suggested Obama did not visit wounded troops while abroad

SUMMARY: In his column, Pat Buchanan falsely suggested that Sen. Barack Obama did not visit wounded troops during his recent trip abroad. Buchanan asserted: "While the first half of his foreign trip, to Afghanistan and Iraq, was official, the European tour was campaign related. Yet, it was on this leg that a visit to wounded U.S. soldiers had been scheduled. As campaigning in a military hospital is prohibited, the visit was canceled." In fact, according to Buchanan's colleague, NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell, Obama did visit with wounded troops during the "official" part of his tour.

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