New Rick Perry ad says 2016 field only has one candidate who served in the military: 'And that's me.'

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's political action committee released a new ad on Friday that aims to set him apart from a crowded 2016 presidential field.
"There's only one individual that's ever had the uniform of this country on, and that's me. And that matters," Perry says in the ad.
Perry joined the U.S. Air Force as a pilot in 1974, leaving with the rank of captain three years later. "He never served in a combat zone," Politico notes.
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Perry's ad aired after he spoke about the need for a more aggressive foreign policy at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, saying that, "ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since communism."
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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