«Breaking News» Howard Schultz apologizes for claiming he spent more time with veterans than two former soldiers

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has apologized after he claimed he has spent more time with veterans than other presidential candidates - which include two soldiers.

Schultz, 65, who is a potential independent candidate for the 2020 election, made the gaffe on a radio show without realizing other presidential hopefuls Pete Buttigieg and Tulsi Gabbard had served in the armed forces.

In an apology on Twitter, he wrote: 'Yesterday I gave a speech on failed political leadership in this country. 

Haward Schultz was forced to apologize on Twitter after he said on Hugh Hewitt's radio show he had spent more time with veterans than other presidential candidates

'A point I tried to make is that leaders must take responsibility and own their mistakes. 

'Today I said I spent more time with the military than any candidate running for president. That was wrong.'    

Schultz had been speaking on conservative commentator Hugh Hewitt's radio show on Thursday.

When asked about his ability to run the military, he said: 'I probably have spent more time in the last decade certainly than anyone running for president with the military.

Schultz made the comments but quickly apologized on Twitter after realizing Pete Buttigieg and Tulsi Gabbard had served in the armed forces

'I’ve been to Okinawa, I’ve been to Kuwait. ... I’ve been to the national training center in the Mojave Desert.'

He added that he was friends with retired Adm William McRaven and retired Gen Stanley McChrystal. 

But Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, was an officer in the Naval Reserve and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 for seven months. 

Democrat hopeful Pete Buttigeig, who is the mayor of South Bend in Indiana, was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014 and is a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve

The 37-year-old is still a lieutenant in the Naval Reserve.

Buttigieg tweeted hours after Schultz's comments: 'I remember a Green Beans Coffee at the exchange at Bagram, and a decent espresso machine run by the Italian NATO element at ISAF HQ. But I don't recall seeing any Starbucks over there...'

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, 37, who launched her campaign for the presidency in January, is also a major in Hawaii Army National Guard and served in Iraq and Kuwait.

Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard served in Iraq and Kuwait and is a major in the Hawaii Army National Guard 

Schultz later added in a tweet: 'I apologize to @PeteButtigieg and @TulsiGabbard who served our country honorably. 

'In that moment I made something that should unite us all, about me. I made a mistake and I apologize.'

Schultz has not formally declared his intention to run for president but has said he would 'do nothing whatsoever' to help President Donald Trump back into the White House.

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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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