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Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has gotten into hot water\u00a0<\/a>for stating that he was the architect for a major effort, Operation Medusa,* in Afghanistan in 2006.\u00a0Whether he was or was not (probably not), this is problematic to those soldiers who serve because he is seen as taking credit for what was a multi-person effort.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has gotten into hot water\u00a0for stating that he was the architect for a major effort, Operation Medusa,* in Afghanistan in 2006.\u00a0Whether he was or was not (probably not), this is problematic to those soldiers who serve because he is seen as taking credit for what was a multi-person 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