Our greatest wartime Presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt, had no military experience (even though Roosevelt did serve as an undersecretary of the navy). So, based off those two examples, my answer has to be no.
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"In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard. It's - and it's hard work. I understand how hard it is. I get the casualty reports every day. I see on the TV screens how hard it is. But it's necessary work. We're making progress. It is hard work."
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