OSSIPEE — Joe Sestak, the long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful and former congressman who walked across the width of New Hampshire, met with the Sun on Wednesday night at a local McDonald’s to outline his plans to take on China and make the United States united again.
Sestak, 67, of Alexandria, Va., is a retired three-star Navy admiral who commanded an aircraft battle group in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was responsible for 30 U.S. and allied ships, 100 aircraft and 15,000 sailors. He served two terms in Congress representing Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011.
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