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“I’m the only veteran running out of all these candidates,” responded DeSantis — who in the 2000s served as a Navy lawyer at the Guantanamo Bay detention base and later deployed to Iraq ...
DeSantis's official portrait during his first term as governor. DeSantis became governor of Florida on January 8, 2019. [144] Inaugurated at age 40, he was the youngest person to assume the office since Park Trammell in 1913 and the youngest Republican ever to serve in the position. [145] He has generally governed as a conservative. [146]
In 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law prohibiting the sale of farmland and land near military bases to the Chinese Communist Party and its agents. It prohibits any governmental entity ...
Nick Iarossi, a lobbyist and longtime supporter of Gov. Ron DeSantis, approached the Florida Republican in July with a frank suggestion: Talk more about yourself.
As a result, states which had previously counted on their National Guard to maintain peace, quell riots, protect against sabotage, or repel a potential invasion were given the alternative of creating their own state-level military forces under the State Guard Act signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 21, 1940. [7]
Mr DeSantis’s military records show that he had duties at Guantanamo Bay Naval base between 1 March 2006 and 31 January 2007. His duties are listed as “Trial Counsel, Command Services Attorney ...
After the 2018 Parkland high school shooting, DeSantis expressed support for hiring retired law enforcement officers and military veterans as armed guards for schools. [202] He disagreed with legislation Governor Rick Scott signed that banned bump stocks, added a mandatory three-day waiting period for gun purchases, and raised the legal age for ...
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to restore the name of a military fort to the name of a Confederate general in North Carolina if he is elected president.. The 2024 candidate for the ...